Spatially explicit decision support for selecting translocation areas for Mojave desert tortoises

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 575-590

  Heaton, Jill S ^a,c   Nussear, Kenneth E ^b   Esque, Todd C ^b   Inman, Richard D ^c   Davenport, Frank M ^a   Leuteritz, Thomas E ^a   Medica, Philip A ^b   Strout, Nathan W ^a   Burgess, Paul A ^a   Benvenuti, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

^b Biological Resources Division   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation and management; DSS; Geographic Information Systems; GIS; Gopherus agassizii; Mitigation; National Training Center at Fort Irwin; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MITIGATION; REPTILE;

MOJAVE DESERT; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GOPHERUS AGASSIZII;

EID: 43049160699     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9282-3     Document Type: Article

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