Maintaining populations of terrestrial wildlife through land management planning: A case study

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 945-958

  Suring, Lowell H ^a   Gaines, William L ^b   Wales, Barbara C ^c   Mellen Mclean, Kim ^b   Begley, James S ^b,d   Mohoric, Shawne ^b  

^a Northern Ecologic LLC   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d Western Transportation Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Accipiter gentiles; Bayesian belief network models; Focal species; Gulo gulo; Habitat modeling; Northern goshawk; Viability; Wolverine

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; HABITAT RESTORATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; MUSTELID; PHYLOGENETICS; RAPTOR; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK FACTOR;

CASCADE RANGE; OREGON; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER GENTILIS; AMPHIBIA; AVES; GULO GULO; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79957588803     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.114     Document Type: Article

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