Animal behavior, cost-based corridor models, and real corridors

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1615-1630

  LaPoint, Scott ^a,b   Gallery, Paul ^c   Wikelski, Martin ^a,b   Kays, Roland ^d,e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^c NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^e NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Carnivore; Circuit theory; Connectivity; Conservation; Fisher; Least cost path; Martes pennanti

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CARNIVORE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MOVEMENT; PATH ANALYSIS;

ALBANY [NEW YORK]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MARTES PENNANTI;

EID: 84884819160     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9910-0     Document Type: Article

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