Identification of priority conservation areas and potential corridors for Jaguars in the Caatinga Biome, Brazil

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Morato, Ronaldo Gonçalves ^a,b   Ferraz, Katia Maria Paschoaletto Micchi De Barros ^b,c   De Paula, Rogério Cunha ^a,b   Campos, Cláudia Bueno De ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO CHICO MENDES DE CONSERVAÇÃO DA BIODIVERSIDADE   (Brazil)

^b Instituto Para A Conservação Dos Carnivores Neotropicais Pró Carnivores   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; NONHUMAN; PANTHERA; PANTHERA ONCA; PERSONAL SPACE; PREDICTION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; MALE; PANTHERA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 84899464110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0092950     Document Type: Article

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