Using GPS telemetry to validate least-cost modeling of gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) movement within a fragmented landscape

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2350-2361

  Stevenson, Claire D ^a   Ferryman, Mark ^b   Nevin, Owen T ^c   Ramsey, Andrew D ^a   Bailey, Sallie ^d   Watts, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA   (United Kingdom)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d FORESTRY COMMISSION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation; Corridors; GIS; Management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886291614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.638     Document Type: Article

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