Evaluating the sufficiency of protected lands for maintaining wildlife population connectivity in the U.S. northern Rocky Mountains

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 873-884

  Cushman, Samuel A ^a   Landguth, Erin L ^b   Flather, Curtis H ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Dispersal threshold; Gap analysis; Protected lands

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PROTECTED AREA; THRESHOLD; VULNERABILITY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

IDAHO; MONTANA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864911362     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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