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Least-cost Path Modeling

Least-Cost Path Modeling is a spatial modeling method that identifies optimal movement routes across a landscape by minimizing cumulative traversal costs, distinguished from other pathfinding techniques through its reliance on resistance or cost surfaces derived from environmental, infrastructural, or socio-ecological factors.

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591

Authors

322

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2017–2026

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188

Trade Integration, Market Size, and Industrialization: Evidence from China's National Trunk Highway System

Benjamin Faber · The Review of Economic Studies · 2014 · 1K citations

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Placing linkages among fragmented habitats: do least-cost models reflect how animals use landscapes?

Sarah C. Sawyer, Clinton W. Epps, Justin S. Brashares · Journal of Applied Ecology · 2011 · 370 citations · Full text

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Designing Large‐Scale Conservation Corridors for Pattern and Process

Mathieu Rouget, Richard M. Cowling, Amanda T. Lombard et al. · Conservation Biology · 2006 · 305 citations · Full text

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Beyond the least-cost path: evaluating corridor redundancy using a graph-theoretic approach

N. Pinto, Timothy H. Keitt · Landscape Ecology · 2008 · 266 citations

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Use of Empirically Derived Source‐Destination Models to Map Regional Conservation Corridors

Samuel A. Cushman, Kevin S. McKelvey, Michael K. Schwartz · Conservation Biology · 2008 · 261 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. JM
    Justin M. J. Travis

    University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 177 citations

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  2. YW
    Yu Wang

    University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States

    3 publications · 142 citations

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  3. YZ
    Ying Zhu

    University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States

    3 publications · 142 citations

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  4. MH
    Minsu Huang

    University of North Carolina at Charlotte, United States

    3 publications · 142 citations

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  5. SC
    Stephen C. F. Palmer

    University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 177 citations

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Institutions

322

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    6 h-index

    11 publications

    452 citations

  2. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    331 citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    1.9K citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    5 h-index

    18 publications

    501 citations

  5. Northeast Forestry University

    Harbin, China

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    375 citations

  6. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    296 citations

  7. University of North Carolina at Charlotte

    Charlotte, United States

    4 h-index

    15 publications

    736 citations

  8. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    693 citations

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  1. PLoS ONE

    11 publications · 349 citations

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  3. Global Ecology and Conservation

    GECCO · 7 publications · 250 citations

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  4. Journal of Archaeological Science

    7 publications · 510 citations

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  5. Sustainability

    6 publications · 217 citations

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