Wildlife corridors as a connected subgraph problem

Wildlife corridors connect areas of biological significance to mitigate the negative ecological impacts of habitat fragmentation. In this article we formalize the optimal corridor design as a connected subgraph problem, which maximizes the amount of suitable habitat in a fully connected parcel netwo...

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Published in:	Journal of environmental economics and management Vol. 63; no. 1; pp. 1 - 18
Main Authors:	Conrad, Jon M., Gomes, Carla P., van Hoeve, Willem-Jan, Sabharwal, Ashish, Suter, Jordan F.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York Elsevier Inc 2012 Elsevier Science Publishing Company, Inc
Subjects:	Algorithms Bears biological corridors Computation Computational methods Computational sustainability Corridors Ecological analysis Economics environmental impact Environmental management Graph algorithms Grizzly bears Habitat fragmentation Habitats Integer programming Mixed integer programming Network analysis Optimization Parcels Rocky Mountain region Segmentation Social networks Studies U.S.A United States Ursus arctos Wildlife Wildlife conservation Wildlife corridors Wildlife management United States > US United States Rocky Mountain region USA Habitat fragmentation Mixed integer programming Wildlife corridors Computational sustainability Optimization
ISSN:	0095-0696, 1096-0449
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