Habitat selection of a large carnivore, the red wolf, in a human-altered landscape

Biological Conservation

Volumn 157, Issue , 2013, Pages 324-330

  Dellinger, Justin A ^a   Proctor, Christine ^b   Steury, Todd D ^a   Kelly, Marcella J ^b   Vaughan, Michael R ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis rufus; Habitat selection; Human density; Human altered habitat; Land cover; Resource selection function

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CANID; CARNIVORE; GPS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND COVER; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; RADIOTELEMETRY; RESOURCE SELECTION;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84875076614     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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