Does wildlife resource selection accurately inform corridor conservation?

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 412-422

  Abrahms, Briana ^a   Sawyer, Sarah C ^b   Jordan, Neil R ^c,d,e   McNutt, J Weldon ^e   Wilson, Alan M ^f   Brashares, Justin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d TARONGA CONSERVATION SOCIETY AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e BOTSWANA PREDATOR CONSERVATION TRUST   (Botswana)

^f ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

behavioural state; conservation planning; corridor ecology; dispersal; landscape connectivity; landscape resistance; movement ecology; resource selection; step selection

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CANID; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT CORRIDOR; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MOVEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; RESOURCE SELECTION; SITE SELECTION; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; LYCAON PICTUS;

EID: 84978141442     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12714     Document Type: Review

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