Landscape connectivity

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Landscape connectivity is 'the degree to which the landscape facilitates or impedes movement among resource patches' (Taylor et al, 1993)

It has two components (Brooks 2003):

Structural connectivity: the spatial structure of a landscape and can be described from map elements

Biological component: the response of individuals to landscape features (functional connectivity)

[edit] References

Brooks, C. P. 2003. A scalar analysis of landscape connectivity. Oikos 102:433-439.

Taylor, P.D., Fahrig, L., Henein, K. and Merriam, G., 1993. Connectivity is a vital element of landscape structure. Oikos, 68: 571-573.


 This geographical term article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../l/a/n/Landscape_connectivity.html"