Detailed model of shelter areas for the Cantabrian brown bear

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 297-307

  García, Pilar ^a   Lastra, Javier ^a   Marquínez, Jorge ^a   Nores, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Corridor; Endangered population; GIS; Logistic regression; Shelter area model; Ursus arctos

Indexed keywords

BEAR; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GIS; HABITAT RESTORATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHELTER; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; TOPOGRAPHY;

URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 36349019159     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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