Landscape metrics associated with habitat use by ocelots in South Texas

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 733-738

  Jackson, Victoria L ^a,c   Laack, Linda L ^b,d   Zimmerman, Earl G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^b Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL MISSOURI   (United States)

^d Environmental Defense   (United States)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; GIS; Habitat; Landscape metrics; Leopardus pardalis; Ocelot; Texas

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FELID; GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT USE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; PATCH SIZE; REMOTE SENSING;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LEOPARDUS PARDALIS;

EID: 23744459681     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[0733:LMAWHU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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