Testing expert groups for a habitat suitability model for the lynx Lynx lynx in the Swiss Alps

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 430-446

  Doswald, Nathalie ^a,d   Zimmermann, Fridolin ^b,e   Breitenmoser, Urs ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e KORA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conservation; Local experts; Lynx lynx; Multi criteria decision making; Scientific experts; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

LYNX; LYNX LYNX;

EID: 38349179212     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2007)13[430:TEGFAH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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