Evaluating habitat connectivity methodologies: a case study with endangered African wild dogs in South Africa

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1433-1447

  Jackson, Craig R ^a,b   Marnewick, Kelly ^c,d   Lindsey, Peter A ^d,e   Røskaft, Eivin ^a   Robertson, Mark P ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c ENDANGERED WILDLIFE TRUST   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e PANTHERA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carnivores; Circuitscape; Current flow; Ecological niche model; Fragmentation; Least cost path (LCP); Maxent; Metapopulation

Indexed keywords

CANID; CARNIVORE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; METAPOPULATION; NICHE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; LYCAON PICTUS;

EID: 84957949465     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-016-0342-5     Document Type: Article

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