Identifying habitat patches and potential ecological corridors for remnant Asiatic black bear (Ursus thibetanus japonicus) populations in Japan

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 748-761

  Doko, Tomoko ^a   Fukui, Hiromichi ^a   Kooiman, Andre ^b   Toxopeus, A G ^b   Ichinose, Tomohiro ^a   Chen, Wenbo ^a   Skidmore, A K ^b  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Asiatic black bear; Ecological network; Geographic distribution of species; GIS based modeling; Needs assessment; Ursus thibetanus japonicus

Indexed keywords

BLACK BEAR; ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GIS-BASED MODELING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; URSUS THIBETANUS JAPONICUS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; PARKS; PLANNING; POPULATION STATISTICS;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

BEAR; BIODIVERSITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; NATURE RESERVE; POPULATION SIZE;

CHUBU; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANAGAWA; KANTO; MOUNT ASHITAKA; MOUNT FUJI; SHIZUOKA [CHUBU]; TANZAWA MOUNTAINS;

URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS THIBETANUS;

EID: 78650678129     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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