Using individual-based movement models to assess inter-patch connectivity for large carnivores in fragmented landscapes

Biological Conservation

Volumn 167, Issue , 2013, Pages 298-309

  Kanagaraj, Rajapandian ^a,b   Wiegand, Thorsten ^a   Kramer Schadt, Stephanie ^a,c   Goyal, Surendra P ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b Wildlife Institute of India   (India)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carnivore conservation; Fragmented landscapes; Inter patch connectivity; Movement model; Panthera tigris; Spatially explicit individual based model; Terai Arc Landscape; Tiger

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FELID; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MOVEMENT; PATCH USE; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION SIZE; PROTECTED AREA; RARE SPECIES;

INDIA; NEPAL; TARAI;

EID: 84884333696     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2013.08.030     Document Type: Article

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