Linking movement behavior and fine-scale genetic structure to model landscape connectivity for bobcats (Lynx rufus)

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 471-486

  Reding, Dawn M ^a   Cushman, Samuel A ^b   Gosselink, Todd E ^c   Clark, William R ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c Chariton Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Effective distance; Landscape genetics; Least cost path analysis; Movement; Resource selection function; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; CONNECTIVITY; FELID; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MOVEMENT; PATH ANALYSIS; RESOURCE SELECTION;

IOWA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; LYNX; LYNX RUFUS;

EID: 84874993713     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-012-9844-y     Document Type: Article

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