Combining resource selection and movement behavior to predict corridors for Canada lynx at their southern range periphery

Biological Conservation

Volumn 157, Issue , 2013, Pages 187-195

  Squires, John R ^a   DeCesare, Nicholas J ^b   Olson, Lucretia E ^a   Kolbe, Jay A ^c   Hebblewhite, Mark ^b   Parks, Sean A ^d  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^c Montana Fish   (United States)

^d USDA Forest Service Aldo Leopold Wilderness Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada lynx; Connectivity; Corridors; Least cost paths; Montana; Resource selection

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CONNECTIVITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FELID; HABITAT CORRIDOR; MOVEMENT; NDVI; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE SIZE; RESIDENCE TIME; RESOURCE SELECTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TELEMETRY;

CANADA; MONTANA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

LYNX; LYNX CANADENSIS; LYNX LYNX;

EID: 84870339372     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.07.018     Document Type: Article

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