Assessing wolves and cougars as conservation surrogates

Animal Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 32-40

  Kunkel, K E ^a   Atwood, T C ^b,d   Ruth, T K ^c   Pletscher, D H ^a   Hornocker, M G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d United States Geological Survey Alaska Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation surrogate; Cougar; Focal species; Landscape; Wolves

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CANID; CARNIVORE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FELID; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

FLATHEAD RIVER; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CANIS LUPUS; KATHETOSTOMA GIGANTEUM; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 84873831875     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2012.00568.x     Document Type: Article

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