Models of regional habitat quality and connectivity for pumas (Puma concolor) in the Southwestern United States

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Dickson, Brett G ^a,b   Roemer, Gary W ^c   McRae, Brad H ^d   Rundall, Jill M ^b  

^a Conservation Science Partners Inc ^*  (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOREST; HABITAT CONNECTIVITY; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HABITAT USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; METAPOPULATION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISPERSAL; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; PREDICTION; PUMA; PUMA CONCOLOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TOPOGRAPHY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUMA; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893156547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081898     Document Type: Article

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