Reconstructing range dynamics and range fragmentation of European bison for the last 8000years

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 47-59

  Kuemmerle, Tobias ^a,b   Hickler, Thomas ^c   Olofsson, Jörgen ^d   Schurgers, Guy ^d   Radeloff, Volker C ^e  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b POTSDAM INSTITUTE FOR CLIMATE IMPACT RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c BIODIVERSITY AND CLIMATE RESEARCH CENTRE BIK F   (Germany)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic global vegetation models; Habitat fragmentation; Hindcasting; Land use change; Large herbivores and carnivores; Range dynamics; Range wide conservation management; Species distribution models; Wisent

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIOCONTROL AGENT; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT SELECTION; HERBIVORE; HINDCASTING; HOLOCENE; LAND USE CHANGE; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; PALEOECOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; RANGE SIZE; RECONSTRUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNGULATE;

EUROPE;

BISON; BISON BONASUS;

EID: 83055176523     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00849.x     Document Type: Article

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