Applying resource selection functions at multiple scales to prioritize habitat use by the endangered Cross River gorilla

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 943-954

  Sawyer, Sarah C ^a   Brashares, Justin S ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Critical habitat; Cross River gorilla; Resource selection functions; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; PRIMATE; REMOTE SENSING; SUBPOPULATION;

CAMEROON;

EID: 84880133207     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12046     Document Type: Article

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