Population persistence in a landscape context: The case of endangered arctic fox populations in Fennoscandia

Ecography

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 932-941

  Herfindal, Ivar ^a   Linnell, John D C ^b   Elmhagen, Bodil ^c   Andersen, Roy ^b   Eide, Nina E ^b   Frafjord, Karl ^d   Henttonen, Heikki ^e   Kaikusalo, Asko ^e   Mela, Matti ^f   Tannerfeldt, Magnus ^g   Dalén, Love ^h   Strand, Olav ^b   Landa, Arild ^b   Angerbjörn, Anders ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Univ Museum   (Norway)

^e FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f Metsähallitus Finnish Park and Forest Service   (Finland)

^g Swedish Polar Research Secretariat   (Sweden)

^h SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLEE EFFECT; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING SITE; CANID; DEMOGRAPHY; DEN; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LOCAL EXTINCTION; PATCHINESS; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION GROWTH; TUNDRA; VIABILITY;

FENNOSCANDIA;

ALOPEX LAGOPUS; VULPES;

EID: 78049445887     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05971.x     Document Type: Article

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