Where the bears roam in Majella National Park, Italy

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 23-34

  Van Gils, Hein ^a   Westinga, Eduard ^a   Carafa, Marco ^b   Antonucci, Antonio ^b   Ciaschetti, Giampiero ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b Parco Nazionale della Majella   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brown bear; Human impact; Maxent; Maximum entropy; Protected area management; Protected species; Seasonal ranges; Species distribution modeling

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEAR; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ABRUZZI; CANTABRIA; EASTERN EUROPE; ITALY; MAJELLA NATIONAL PARK; NORTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WESTERN EUROPE;

FAGUS; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 84893781264     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2013.08.001     Document Type: Article

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