Modelling potential habitat for cougars in midwestern North America

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 897-900

  LaRue, Michelle A ^a   Nielsen, Clayton K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cougar; GIS; Habitat modelling; Midwestern North America; Puma concolor

Indexed keywords

COUGAR; GIS; HABITAT MODELLING; MIDWESTERN NORTH AMERICA; PUMA CONCOLOR;

FORESTRY; STATISTICAL TESTS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

DATA SET; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FELID; GIS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT;

ARKANSAS; MISSOURI; UNITED STATES;

PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 78650676526     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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