Determining the spatial scale for conservation purposes - An example with grizzly bears

Biological Conservation

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 109-119

  Nams, Vilis O ^a   Mowat, Garth ^b   Panian, Michael A ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Aurora Wildlife Research   (Canada)

^c Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

Habitat selection; Heterogeneity; Hierarchical selection; Patchiness; Spatial scale; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; HABITAT SELECTION; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 28844458422     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.09.020     Document Type: Article

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