Scale dependence in habitat selection: the case of the endangered brown bear (Ursus arctos) in the Cantabrian Range (NW Spain)

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1531-1546

  Mateo Sánchez, María C ^a   Cushman, Samuel A ^b   Saura, Santiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

habitat selection; habitat suitability models; Maxent, brown bear; scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901255148     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2013.776684     Document Type: Article

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