Land use planning: A potential force for retaining habitat connectivity in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and Beyond

• Published in: Global Ecology and Conservation
• Main Author: Craig L. Shafer
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2015
• Subjects: Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE); Grizzly bear; Corridors; Planning; Land use; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Northern Rockies; Ursus arctos
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2014.12.003; https://doaj.org/article/0a2e12f10a5c4b949a3b5feb64a61978

The grizzly bear (Ursus arctos horribilis) population in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE) is perceived to have been isolated from the population in the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem for a century. Better land use planning is needed to thwart progressive intra- and inter-ecosystem habi...