Quantifying home range habitat requirements for bobcats (Lynx rufus) in Vermont, USA

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2799-2809

  Donovan, Therese M ^a   Freeman, Mark ^a   Abouelezz, Hanem ^a   Royar, Kimberly ^b   Howard, Alan ^a   Mickey, Ruth ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife   (United States)

^c University of Vermont   (United States)

Author keywords

AIC; Bobcat; Habitat use; Kernel home range; Lynx rufus; Utilization distribution

Indexed keywords

CANID; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ESTIMATION METHOD; FOREST COVER; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GIS; GPS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; LANDSCAPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHRUB; SLOPE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING; TOPOLOGY; WETLAND;

CHAMPLAIN VALLEY; UNITED STATES; VERMONT;

LYNX; LYNX RUFUS;

EID: 83555174731     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.06.026     Document Type: Article

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