Modelling potential dispersal corridors for cougars in midwestern North America using least-cost path methods

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 212, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 372-381

  LaRue, Michelle A ^a   Nielsen, Clayton K ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical hierarchy process; Cougar; Dispersal; GIS; Habitat modelling; Least cost path; Midwest; Puma concolor; Wildlife corridors

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION;

COUGAR; HABITAT MODELING; LEAST-COST PATH; PUMA CONCOLOR;

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS;

DISPERSAL; FELID; HABITAT; NATURE CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARKANSAS; MIDWEST; MISSOURI; NEBRASKA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; OUACHITA NATIONAL FOREST; OZARK NATIONAL FOREST; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 39649107103     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.10.036     Document Type: Article

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