Sensitivity of landscape resistance estimates based on point selection functions to scale and behavioral state: Pumas as a case study

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 541-557

  Zeller, Katherine A ^a,b   McGarigal, Kevin ^a   Beier, Paul ^c   Cushman, Samuel A ^d   Vickers, T Winston ^e   Boyce, Walter M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b PANTHERA   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional logistic regression; Connectivity; Cost surface; Puma concolor; Resistance surface; Resource selection function

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; DATA SET; ESTIMATION METHOD; GPS; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LANDSCAPE; MOVEMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOURCE SELECTION; RESOURCE USE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHEEP;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 84897633759     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-014-9991-4     Document Type: Article

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