A quantitative approach to conservation planning: using resource selection functions to map the distribution of mountain caribou at multiple spatial scales

• Published in: Journal of Applied Ecology
• Main Authors: Johnson, Chris J., Seip, Dale R., Boyce, Mark S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2004
• Subjects: Canada; British Columbia; Caribou Range; Rangifer tarandus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.0021-8901.2004.00899.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.0021-8901.2004.00899.x; https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.0021-8901.2004.00899.x

Summary Visualizing the distribution of rare or threatened species is necessary for effective implementation of conservation initiatives. Generalized linear models and geographical information systems (GIS) are now powerful tools for conservation planning, but issues of data availability, scale and...