Circuit theory emphasizes the importance of edge-crossing decisions in dispersal-scale movements of a forest passerine

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 831-841

  St Louis, V ^a,g   Forester, J D ^a   Pelletier, D ^b   Belisle M ^c   Desrochers, A ^d   Rayfield, B ^e   Wulder, M A ^f   Cardille, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^f PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

^g MNDNR Wildlife Biometrics Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Circuit theory; Cost surface; Edge crossing decisions; Forest birds; Landscape functional connectivity; Least cost path; Ovenbirds

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; EDGE EFFECT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MOVEMENT; OPEN SPACE; OPTIMIZATION; PASSERINE;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ANIMALIA; AVES; PASSERIFORMES; SEIURUS; SEIURUS AUROCAPILLUS;

EID: 84956898136     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-014-0019-x     Document Type: Article

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