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Connectivity Restoration in Large Landscapes: Modeling Landscape Condition and Ecological Flows

Robert F. Baldwin, Sarah E. Reed, Brad H. McRae, David M. Theobald and Ronald W. Sutherland
Ecological Restoration, December 2012, 30 (4) 274-279; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/er.30.4.274
Robert F. Baldwin
School of Forest, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Clemson University,
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Sarah E. Reed
North America Program, Wildlife Conservation Society,
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Brad H. McRae
The Nature Conservancy, Seattle, WA,
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David M. Theobald
Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, Colorado State University,
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Ronald W. Sutherland
Wildlands Network,
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