Evaluating the road-effect zone on wildlife distribution in a rural landscape

Ecosphere

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Shanley, Colin S ^a,c   Pyare, Sanjay ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Alces alces; Disturbance; Ecological thresholds; Habitat selection; Moose; Off highway vehicles; Resource selection function; Road effect zone; Roads; Rural landscape; Wildlife distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871307343     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21508925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/ES10-00093.1     Document Type: Article

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