Landscape connectivity losses due to sea level rise and land use change

Animal Conservation

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 80-90

  Leonard, P B ^a   Sutherland, R W ^b   Baldwin, R F ^a   Fedak, D A ^c   Carnes, R G ^b   Montgomery, A P ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wildlands Network   (United States)

^c Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

circuit theory; habitat connectivity; land use change; landscape connectivity; multispecies; sea level rise; species response; urbanization

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; URBANIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84977582127     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acv.12289     Document Type: Article

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