Modelling habitat overlap among sympatric mesocarnivores in southern Illinois, USA

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 215, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 276-286

  McDonald, Patrick T ^a   Nielsen, Clayton K ^a   Oyana, Tonny J ^b   Sun, Wanxiao ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bobcat; Canis latrans; Coyote; Habitat modelling; Lynx rufus; Mesocarnivore; Penrose distance; Red fox; Vulpes vulpes

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; FRACTAL DIMENSION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICS;

BOBCAT; CANIS LATRANS; COYOTE; HABITAT MODELING; LYNX RUFUS; MESOCARNIVORE; PENROSE DISTANCE; RED FOX; VULPES VULPES;

BIODIVERSITY;

CANID; CARNIVORE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FELID; GIS; GRASSLAND; HABITAT; LIFE HISTORY; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; SYMPATRY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CANIS LATRANS; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS; VULPES; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 45049085290     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2008.03.021     Document Type: Article

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