Can managers inform models? Integrating local knowledge into models of red deer habitat use

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 344-352

  Irvine, R J ^a   Fiorini, S ^a   Yearley, S ^d   McLeod, J E ^a   Turner, A ^b   Armstrong, H ^c   White, P C L ^e   Van Der Wal, R ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deer; GIS; Habitat use; Local knowledge; Natural resource management; Participation; Range use; Shelter

Indexed keywords

DEER; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GIS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; OWNERSHIP; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SHELTER; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS;

EID: 61449211180     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01626.x     Document Type: Article

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