Impact of urban developments on the functional connectivity of forested habitats: A joint contribution of advanced urban models and landscape graphs

Land Use Policy

Volumn 52, Issue , 2016, Pages 76-91

  Tannier, Cécile ^a   Bourgeois, Marc ^a   Houot, Hélène ^a   Foltête, Jean Christophe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ BOURGOGNE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Computer based simulation; Ecological connectivity; Ecological habitat; Landscape graphs; Residential development

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONNECTIVITY; FOREST; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN GROWTH;

BESANCON; DOUBS; FRANCE; FRANCHE COMTE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84951759254     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2015.12.002     Document Type: Article

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