Fragmented landscapes, road mortality and patch connectivity: Modelling influences on the dispersal of Eurasian lynx

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 711-723

  Kramer Schadt, Stephanie ^a,b   Revilla, Eloy ^a,c   Wiegand, Thorsten ^a   Breitenmoser, Urs ^d  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Conservation; Large carnivores; Large scale approach; Lynx lynx; Movement; Spatially explicit individual based model; Species reintroduction

Indexed keywords

CANID; CONNECTIVITY; FRAGMENTATION; MODELING; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; ROADKILL; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; LYNX; LYNX LYNX;

EID: 3843115460     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8901.2004.00933.x     Document Type: Article

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