A quantitative approach to conservation planning: Using resource selection functions to map the distribution of mountain caribou at multiple spatial scales

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 238-251

  Johnson, Chris J ^a,c   Seip, Dale R ^b   Boyce, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Expert opinion; GIS; Logistic regression; Rangifer tarandus; Resource selection function; Woodland caribou

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; GIS; MAPPING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VISUALIZATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

RANGIFER TARANDUS; RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU;

EID: 1942489320     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8901.2004.00899.x     Document Type: Article

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