Developing priorities for metapopulation conservation at the landscape scale: Wolverines in the western United States

Biological Conservation

Volumn 166, Issue , 2013, Pages 276-286

  Inman, Robert M ^a,b,c   Brock, Brent L ^c   Inman, Kristine H ^a   Sartorius, Shawn S ^d   Aber, Bryan C ^a,e,f   Giddings, Brian ^g   Cain, Steven L ^h   Orme, Mark L ^f   Fredrick, Jay A ⁱ   Oakleaf, Bob J ^j   Alt, Kurt L ^g   Odell, Eric ^k   Chapron, Guillaume ^b  

^a Wildlife Conservation Society   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c Craighead Institute   (United States)

^d US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^e IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

^f Caribou Targhee National Forest   (United States)

^g WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

^h NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

ⁱ United States Forest Service   (United States)

^j WYOMING GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^k Colorado Parks and Wildlife ^*  (United States)

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Author keywords

Carnivore; Connectivity; Metapopulation; Reintroduction; Scale; Wolverine

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; GENETIC STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE; METAPOPULATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION SIZE; REINTRODUCTION; RESOURCE SELECTION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84882964520     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.07.010     Document Type: Article

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