Spatially explicit modeling of conflict zones between wildlife and snow sports: Prioritizing areas for winter refuges

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 955-967

  Braunisch, Veronika ^a,b   Patthey, Patrick ^a   Arlettaz, Raphaël ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Forest Research Institute of Baden Wuerttemberg FVA   (Germany)

^c SWISS ORNITHOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpine ecosystems; Black Grouse; Human disturbance; Human wildlife conflict; Maxent; Maximum entropy model; Ski tourism; Tetrao tetrix; Wildlife refuge; Winter sports

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; COEXISTENCE; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENTROPY; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT TYPE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIORITIZATION; RANGE EXPANSION; REFUGIUM; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TERRAIN; TREELINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GALLIFORMES; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; WILD ANIMAL; WINTER SPORT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GALLIFORMES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS; SNOW SPORTS;

AVES; TETRAO TETRIX;

EID: 79955507981     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-2167.1     Document Type: Article

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