Functional connectivity of lynx at their southern range periphery in Ontario, Canada

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 761-773

  Walpole, Aaron A ^a   Bowman, Jeff ^a   Murray, Dennis L ^b   Wilson, Paul J ^b  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada lynx; Circuit theory; Functional connectivity; Habitat; Landscape resistance; Lynx canadensis; Occupancy; Range periphery

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXTINCTION; FELID; HABITAT TYPE; LAGOMORPH; METAPOPULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ANIMALIA; LEPUS AMERICANUS; LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS;

EID: 84859828659     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-012-9728-1     Document Type: Article

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