Use of empirically derived source-destination models to map regional conservation corridors;Utilizacíon de modelos fuente-destino emṕ?ricamente derivados para cartografiar corredores de conservacíon regionales

Conservation Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 368-376

  Cushman, Samuel A ^a   McKelvey, Kevin S ^a   Schwartz, Michael K ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Black bear; Connectivity; Corridor; Least cost path; Ursus americanus; Yellowstone to Yukon

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GENE FLOW; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; PROTECTED AREA; WILDERNESS AREA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BEAR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; MAPS AS TOPIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; URSIDAE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK;

ANIMALIA; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 61849132323     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01111.x     Document Type: Article

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