Wildlife connectivity approaches and best practices in U.S. State wildlife action plans

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-21

  Lacher, Iara ^a   Wilkerson, Marit L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Conservation planning; Corridor; Terrestrial vertebrates; Wildlife movement

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORRELATION; HABITAT LOSS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONECTIVIDAD; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORREDOR; CORRIDOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; MOVIMIENTO DE VIDA SILVESTRE; PLANEACIÓN DE LA CONSERVACIÓN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES; UNITED STATES; VERTEBRADOS TERRESTRES; WILDLIFE MOVEMENT;

CONECTIVIDAD; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CORREDOR; CORRIDOR; MOVIMIENTO DE VIDA SILVESTRE; PLANEACIÓN DE LA CONSERVACIÓN; TERRESTRIAL VERTEBRATES; VERTEBRADOS TERRESTRES; WILDLIFE MOVEMENT;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893702638     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12204     Document Type: Article

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