An integration of habitat evaluation, individual based modeling, and graph theory for a potential black bear population recovery in southeastern Texas, USA

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-81

  Morzillo, Anita T ^a,c   Ferrari, Joseph R ^b   Liu, Jianguo ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black bear; Connectivity; Conservation; Dispersal; Graph theory; Landscape ecology; Network analysis; Population recovery; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BEAR; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEITY; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

URSUS AMERICANUS; URSUS AMERICANUS LUTEOLUS;

EID: 78651232456     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-010-9536-4     Document Type: Article

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