Why did the bear cross the road? Comparing the performance of multiple resistance surfaces and connectivity modeling methods

Diversity

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 844-854

  Cushman, Samuel A ^a   Lewis, Jesse S ^b   Landguth, Erin L ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

American black bear; Functional connectivity; Least cost path; Resistant kernel; Synoptic connectivity modeling

Indexed keywords

BEAR; CONNECTIVITY; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MODELING; MOVEMENT; PATH ANALYSIS; ROAD;

ROCKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 84988336204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14242818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/d6040844     Document Type: Article

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