Using step and path selection functions for estimating resistance to movement: pumas as a case study

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1319-1335

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b PANTHERA   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Corridors; Multi scale habitat modeling; Puma concolor; Resistance surface; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION STATUS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FELID; GPS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HETEROGENEITY; MOVEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; PUMA CONCOLOR;

EID: 84946120165     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-015-0301-6     Document Type: Article

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