A multi-species modelling approach to examine the impact of alternative climate change adaptation strategies on range shifting ability in a fragmented landscape

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 30, Issue , 2015, Pages 222-229

  Synes, Nicholas W ^a   Watts, Kevin ^b   Palmer, Stephen C F ^c   Bocedi, Greta ^c   Bartoń, Kamil A ^c   Osborne, Patrick E ^a   Travis, Justin M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Dispersal; Ecological networks; Habitat restoration; Population dynamics; RangeShifter

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT RESTORATION; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RANGE SIZE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84948710844     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2015.06.004     Document Type: Article

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