Using Cost Surface Analysis and Least Cost Paths to Analyze Dispersal of Gray Wolves in the Northern Rockies, U.S.A.

• Main Author: Crossley, Paul
• Other Authors: Jensen, Jennifer, Huebner, Donald J., Chow, T. Edwin
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Cost surface snalysis; Least cost path; Gray wolf; Canis lupus; Dispersal; Wildlife management; Gray wolf > Reintroduction > Rocky Mountains; Wildlife recovery > Rocky Mountains; Geographic information systems; Digital mapping; Northern Rockies; gray wolf
• Online Access: https://digital.library.txstate.edu/handle/10877/4397

The recent delisting of gray wolves (Canis lupus) in the Northern Rockies region marks a change in the management scheme employed by state wildlife agencies. The wolf population in this region has expanded rapidly since its reintroduction in 1994 and has reached sufficient size to merit removal from...