Assessment of ecological passages along road networks within the Mediterranean forest using GIS-based multi criteria evaluation approach

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1-13

  Gülci, Sercan ^a   Akay, Abdullah Emin ^b  

^a KAHRAMANMARAS SUTCU IMAM UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BURSA TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Eco passages; Habitat suitability; Least cost analysis; Roe deer; Wildlife collisions

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HIGHWAY PLANNING; ROADS AND STREETS; TRANSPORTATION;

ECO-PASSAGES; HABITAT SUITABILITY; LEAST-COST ANALYSIS; ROE DEER; WILDLIFE COLLISIONS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT TYPE; MULTICRITERIA ANALYSIS; NATURE CONSERVATION; ROAD; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

FOREST; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HABITAT; MODEL; ROE DEER; STATISTICAL MODEL; TARGET ORGANISM; TRAFFIC SAFETY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WILD ANIMAL; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; BUILDING INDUSTRY; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TURKEY;

OSMANIYE; TURKEY;

ANIMALIA; CAPREOLUS; CAPREOLUS CAPREOLUS;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DEER; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FORESTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TURKEY;

EID: 84949008973     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-5009-1     Document Type: Article

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