Connecting endangered brown bear subpopulations in the Cantabrian Range (north-western Spain)

Animal Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 430-440

  Mateo Sanchez M C ^a   Cushman, S A ^b   Saura, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Brown bear; Connectivity; Corridors; Landscape matrix permeability; Road defragmentation; UNICOR

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; URSUS ARCTOS;

EID: 84907875331     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acv.12109     Document Type: Article

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