Use of resource selection functions to identify conservation corridors

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1036-1047

  Chetkiewicz, Cheryl Lesley B ^a,b   Boyce, Mark S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Corridor; Cougar; Grizzly bear; Habitat selection; Least cost path; Resource selection functions

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEAR; CARNIVORE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FELID; GPS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; MOVEMENT; SOIL PROFILE; TELEMETRY; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

PUMA CONCOLOR; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 70349668945     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01686.x     Document Type: Article

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