Concepts

Characterization of how snow properties vary across spatial scales using correlation lengths and variogram analysis

Areas where organisms can persist during periods of unfavorable climate change

The degree to which habitat patches are isolated considering both distance and matrix resistance, rather than distance alone

Isolated habitats such as boulders that function as islands for colonization by species like lichens

The combined effect of multiple environmental factors (including patch area) on local population size, used to describe site quality in terms of number of adult females per site

The area which is affected by the presence of the road and often spans an area many times wider than the road itself