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Designing a “tailor‐made” ecological network using geographical information systems
Author(s) -
Bona Francesca,
Badino Guido,
Isaia Marco
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
ecological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1440-1703
pISSN - 0912-3814
DOI - 10.1007/s11284-006-0157-y
Subject(s) - capreolus , roe deer , geography , ecological network , ecology , geographic information system , key (lock) , population , cervus elaphus , environmental resource management , cartography , environmental science , ecosystem , biology , demography , sociology
During the last few years, geographical information systems (GIS) have spread as powerful tools for landscape analysis. The main purpose of this work was to use GIS to display an ecological network made up of core areas, key areas and ecological corridors. As an example of the application of this method we refer to the population of deer ( Cervus elaphus ) and roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ) in an alpine area in northwestern Italy. The method provided an overall view of the ecological network of the area, highlighting how linear infrastructures can affect animal populations and consequently, their survival probability.