Landscape resistance to dispersal: Simulating long-term effects of human disturbance on a small and isolated wolf population in southwestern Manitoba, Canada

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 6923-6934

  Stronen, Astrid V ^a,f   Schumaker, Nathan H ^b   Forbes, Graham J ^c   Paquet, Paul C ^d   Brook, Ryan K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^d Raincoast Conservation Foundation   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^f MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Canis lupus; Fragmentation; Population viability; Roads; Stochastic disturbance

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDES; CANIS LUPUS; FRAGMENTATION; POPULATION VIABILITY; ROADS; STOCHASTIC DISTURBANCES;

ECOSYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; CANID; DISPERSAL; FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE; POPULATION SIZE; STOCHASTICITY;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANADA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; EPIDEMIC; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE RESISTANCE; POPULATION DISPERSAL; POPULATION SIZE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WOLF;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MANITOBA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WOLVES;

CANADA; MANITOBA; RIDING MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK;

CANIDAE; CANIS LUPUS;

EID: 84867582056     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2469-9     Document Type: Article

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