Rule-based assessment of suitable habitat and patch connectivity for the Eurasian lynx

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1469-1483

  Schadt, Stephanie ^a,b   Knauer, Felix ^b   Kaczensky, Petra ^c   Revilla, Eloy ^a   Wiegand, Thorsten ^a   Trepl, Ludwig ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conservation; Cost path analysis; Decision making process; Eurasian lynx; Geographic information system, G1S; Large scale approach; Limited resources; Lynx lynx; Patch connectivity; Predictive habitat model; Rule based model; Species reintroduction

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FELID; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; REINTRODUCTION;

GERMANY;

FELIDAE; LYNX; LYNX LYNX;

EID: 0242500442     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[1469:RBAOSH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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