Climate change, species range shifts and dispersal corridors: an evaluation of spatial conservation models

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 853-866

  Alagador, Diogo ^a   Cerdeira, Jorge Orestes ^b   Araújo, Miguel Bastos ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

connectivity; conservation planning; effectiveness; efficiency; graph theory; Marxan; mathematical programming; network flow; persistence; prioritisation; reserve selection; Worldmap; Zonation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960192534     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12524     Document Type: Article

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