Lessons Learned from Using GIS to Model Landscape-Level Wildlife Habitat

Models for Planning Wildlife Conservation in Large Landscapes

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 287-320

  Roloff, Gary J ^a   Donovan, Michael L ^b   Linden, Daniel W ^a   Strong, Marshall L ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373631-4.00011-3     Document Type: Chapter

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