Subpopulation range estimation for conservation planning: A case study of the critically endangered Cross River gorilla

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1589-1606

  Sawyer, Sarah C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Cross River gorilla; Cross validation criterion; Home range analysis; Local convex hull

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTIMATION METHOD; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; LIMITING FACTOR; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PERSISTENCE; PRIMATE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPACE USE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBPOPULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84860379835     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-012-0266-6     Document Type: Article

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