Modeling connectivity of black bears in a desert sky island archipelago

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2851-2862

  Atwood, Todd C ^a,b   Young, Julie K ^b,c   Beckmann, Jon P ^d   Breck, Stewart W ^b   Fike, Jennifer ^e   Rhodes, Olin E ^e   Bristow, Kirby D ^a  

^a ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^e PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Border fence; Corridor; Genetic connectivity; Landscape connectivity; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHIPELAGO; BEAR; BORDER REGION; CONNECTIVITY; DESERT; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MOUNTAIN REGION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; URBANIZATION; VULNERABILITY;

ARIZONA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

MAMMALIA; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 83555176220     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.08.002     Document Type: Article

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