Identifying habitat patches and potential ecological corridors for remnant Asiatic black bear ( Ursus thibetanus japonicus) populations in Japan

The Japanese National Biodiversity Strategy 2010 calls for the creation of ecological networks as a biodiversity conservation policy. However, there is an obvious lack of information on the spatial distribution of many species and a lack of scientific methods for examining habitat requirements to es...

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Published in:	Ecological modelling Vol. 222; no. 3; pp. 748 - 761
Main Authors:	Doko, Tomoko, Fukui, Hiromichi, Kooiman, Andre, Toxopeus, A.G., Ichinose, Tomohiro, Chen, Wenbo, Skidmore, A.K.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 10.02.2011 Elsevier
Subjects:	algorithms Animal, plant and microbial ecology Asiatic black bear biodiversity biogeography Biological and medical sciences biological corridors case studies conservation areas Ecological network entropy forests Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects. Techniques Geographic distribution of species geographic distributions geographic information systems geographical distribution GIS-based modeling habitats issues and policy Japan Mammalia Methods and techniques (sampling, tagging, trapping, modelling...) Needs assessment parks population size Ursus Ursus thibetanus Ursus thibetanus japonicus Vertebrates: general zoology, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, cytogenetics, geographical distribution wildlife zoning Asia Japan INW, Japan Ecological network Ursus thibetanus japonicus Geographic distribution of species Asiatic black bear GIS-based modeling Needs assessment Fissipedia Carnivora Ursus americanus Ecology Modeling Vertebrata Mammalia Spatial distribution Geographic distribution Geographic information system Habitat Models Ursus thibetanusjaponicus Distribution range
ISSN:	0304-3800, 1872-7026
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