The influence of landscape matrix on isolated patch use by wide-ranging animals: Conservation lessons for woodland caribou

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2880-2891

  Lesmerises, Rémi ^a   Ouellet, Jean Pierre ^a   Dussault, Claude ^b   St Laurent, Martin Hugues ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbances; Hurdle model; Landscape configuration; Range of influence; Residual forest patch; Space use; Surrounding matrix; Woodland caribou

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887004902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.695     Document Type: Article

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