How big and how close? Habitat patch size and spacing to conserve a threatened species

Natural Resource Modeling

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 194-214

  Marcot, Bruce G ^a   Raphael, Martin G ^a   Schumaker, Nathan H ^b   Galleher, Beth ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal model; Habitat size; Habitat spacing; HexSim model; Northern Spotted Owl; Threatened species

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; BIRDS; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

DISPERSAL MODEL; HABITAT PATCHES; HABITAT SIZE; HABITAT SPACING; HEXSIM MODEL; NORTHERN SPOTTED OWLS; PATCH SIZE; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; THREATENED SPECIES;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA;

EID: 84876738895     PISSN: 08908575     EISSN: 19397445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-7445.2012.00134.x     Document Type: Article

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