Predicting potential habitat and population size for reintroduction of the Far Eastern leopards in the Russian Far East

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2403-2413

  Hebblewhite, Mark ^a   Miquelle, Dale G ^b   Murzin, Andre A ^c   Aramilev, Vladimir V ^c   Pikunov, Dimitri G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY AND SOIL SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Carnivore; Connectivity; Least cost path; Potential habitat; Red deer; Restoration; Roe deer; Sika deer; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARNIVORE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEER; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FELID; HABITAT CREATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MORTALITY; PIG; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; PREY AVAILABILITY; REINTRODUCTION; RESOURCE SELECTION; SUBSPECIES;

RUSSIAN FAR EAST; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ANIMALIA; CAPREOLUS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; CERVUS NIPPON; FELIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS; PANTHERA PARDUS ORIENTALIS; PINUS KORAIENSIS; SUS SCROFA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84860413798     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.03.020     Document Type: Article

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