Landscape analysis of bobcat habitat in the northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 2699-2706

  Preuss, Timothy S ^a,b   Gehring, Thomas M ^a  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Max McGraw Wildlife Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Bobcat; Core area; Habitat model; Landscape; Lynx rufus; Michigan; Penrose distance; Radiotelemetry; Scent station survey

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CONSERVATION STATUS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FELID; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE; PREDICTION; RADIOTELEMETRY; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

LYNX; LYNX RUFUS;

EID: 48249138439     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-389     Document Type: Article

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