Estimating landscape resistance from habitat suitability: effects of data source and nonlinearities

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 2151-2162

  Keeley, Annika T H ^a   Beier, Paul ^a   Gagnon, Jeffrey W ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Cervus canadensis; Desert bighorn sheep; Elk; Expert opinion; Exploratory movements; Least cost models; Ovis canadensis; Resource selection function; Step selection function; Wildlife corridors

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEER; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; RESOURCE SELECTION; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; CERVUS CANADENSIS; OVIS CANADENSIS; OVIS CANADENSIS NELSONI;

EID: 84964507928     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-016-0387-5     Document Type: Article

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