Can we restore elk to southern Illinois? The use of existing digital land-cover data to evaluate potential habitat

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 886-894

  Van Deelen, Timothy R ^a,c,d,e,f   McKinney, Lloyd B ^a,g,h,i   Joselyn, Mark G ^a,j,k   Buhnerkempe, John E ^a,b,l  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^f CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^g Illinois Gap Analysis Program

^h UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

ⁱ TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j Geographic Information Systems

^k UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^l EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cervus elaphus; Elk; GIS; Habitat modeling; Illinois; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031432089     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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