Habitat modeling used to predict relative abundance of bobcats in Iowa

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 534-543

  Linde, Stephanie A ^a   Roberts, Steven D ^b,d   Gosselink, Todd E ^c   Clark, William R ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Iowa Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^c Iowa Department of Natural Resources   (United States)

^d Department of Statistics Center for Statistics and Applications in Forensic Evidence Iowa State University 2438 Osborn Dr Ames   (United States)

Author keywords

bobcat; bowhunter survey; Geographic Information Systems (GIS); habitat model; Iowa; Lynx rufus; relative abundance

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FELID; GIS; GRASSLAND; HABITAT TYPE; LAGOMORPH; LAND COVER; PERENNIAL PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

LYNX; LYNX RUFUS; SYLVILAGUS FLORIDANUS;

EID: 84859079486     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.279     Document Type: Article

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