Modeling ecological minimum requirements for distribution of greater sage-grouse leks: Implications for population connectivity across their western range, U.S.A

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1539-1551

  Knick, Steven T ^a   Hanser, Steven E ^a   Preston, Kristine L ^b  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological minimums; Greater sage grouse; Landscape modeling; Partitioned Mahalanobis D2; Population connectivity; Sagebrush; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881124481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.557     Document Type: Article

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