Constructing cell-based habitat patches useful in conservation planning

Auteurs :
CHURCH, R.L.
GERRARD, R.A.
GILPIN, M.
STINE, P.

Description :
This article presents a new method for generating/identifying feasible patches for reserve design. The AA. define criteria for viable kit-fox patches on a habitat suitability grid in eastern Alameda and Contra Costa countries, California. They present an algorithmic procedure that can build kit-fox patches, and show its behavior through a number of examples. Finally, they compare their site-growing process to the recent heuristic proposed by Brookes (1997a).


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Annals of the Association of American Geographers, issn : 0004-5608, 2003, vol. 93, n°. 4, p. 814-827, nombre de pages : 14, Collation : Illustration, Références bibliographiques : 28 ref.

Date :
2003

Editeur :
Pays édition : Etats-Unis, Washington, DC, Association of American Geographers