Use of patch selection models as a decision support tool to evaluate mitigation strategies of human-wildlife conflict

Biological Conservation

Volumn 160, Issue , 2013, Pages 263-271

  Baruch Mordo, Sharon ^a   Webb, Colleen T ^a   Breck, Stewart W ^b   Wilson, Kenneth R ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

American black bear; Aversive conditioning treatments; Foraging theory; Urban ecology; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SURVIVAL; URBAN AREA; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 84875670542     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.02.002     Document Type: Article

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