Developing metapopulation connectivity criteria from genetic and habitat data to recover the endangered Mexican Wolf

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 76-86

  Carroll, Carlos ^a   Fredrickson, Richard J ^b   Lacy, Robert C ^c  

^a Klamath Center for Conservation Research   (United States)

^b 1310 Lower Lincoln Hills Drive ^*  (United States)

^c BROOKFIELD ZOO   (United States)

Author keywords

Canis lupus baileyi; Circuit theory; Conservation planning; Endangered Species Act; Least cost distance; Metapopulations; Population viability

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MAMMAL; METAPOPULATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PERSISTENCE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

CANIS LUPUS BAILEYI;

ACTA DE ESPECIES EN PELIGRO; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANIS LUPUS BAILEYI; CIRCUIT THEORY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTANCIA DE MENOR COSTO; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; LEAST-COST DISTANCE; METAPOBLACIONES; METAPOPULATIONS; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANIFICACIÓN DE CONSERVACIÓN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION VIABILITY; TEORÍA DE CIRCUITOS; UNITED STATES; VIABILIDAD POBLACIONAL; WOLF;

ACTA DE ESPECIES EN PELIGRO; CANIS LUPUS BAILEYI; CIRCUIT THEORY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISTANCIA DE MENOR COSTO; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; LEAST-COST DISTANCE; METAPOBLACIONES; METAPOPULATIONS; PLANIFICACIÓN DE CONSERVACIÓN; POPULATION VIABILITY; TEORÍA DE CIRCUITOS; VIABILIDAD POBLACIONAL;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MEXICO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PEDIGREE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; WOLVES;

EID: 84893696917     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12156     Document Type: Article

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