Modelling the habitat requirements of leopard Panthera pardus in west and central Asia

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 579-588

  Gavashelishvili, Alexander ^a   Lukarevskiy, Victor ^b  

^a Georgian Center for the Conservation of Wildlife (GCCW)   (Georgia)

^b SEVERTSOV INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Caucasus; Connectivity; Conservation; GIS; Habitat; Leopard; Logistic regression; West and central Asia

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FELID; GIS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; MODELING; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ASIA; CENTRAL ASIA; EURASIA; WEST ASIA;

FELIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS;

EID: 40949131873     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01432.x     Document Type: Article

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