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Provedor de dados:  Ecology and Society
País:  Canada
Título:  Toward a Panther-centered View of the Forests of South Florida
Autores:  Kerkhoff, Andrew J; University of New Mexico; kerkhoff@unm.edu
Milne, Bruce T; University of New Mexico; bmilne@sevilleta.unm.edu
Maehr, David S; University of Kentucky; dmaehr@pop.uky.edu
Data:  2000-02-03
Ano:  2000
Palavras-chave:  Puma concolor coryi
Florida panther
Anthropogenic disturbance
Conditional mapping
Controls on distribution
Fractal analysis
Habitat selection
Landscape conservation
Organism-centered landscapes
Scale dependence
Telemetry
Resumo:  Anthropogenic habitat degradation and loss is the single largest threat to the endangered Florida panther, Puma concolor coryi. Conservation of the subspecies must be undertaken on the scale of the entire landscape. Thus, a view of the forested landscape of South Florida must be developed that is meaningful with reference to the panther. We approach this problem by analyzing the spatial interactions of panthers and forests at multiple scales. We apply tools derived from fractal geometry to the analysis of 12 years of telemetry observations of panthers and remotely sensed forest cover imagery. A fractal characterization extends conventional scale-dependent measures of forest density and relates intuitively to panther ecology. To move toward a panther-centered view of the forests of South Florida, we adopt a scale-dependent notion of association and compare the density of forest cover associated with panther locations to that of the forest at large. Panthers interact with forest cover over a wide range of scales, consistently selecting denser than average forest areas. We discuss landscape-scale management of the panther in light of our findings and propose a protocol for mapping forest cover with reference to the panther at multiple scales as a mangement tool for habitat assessment.
Tipo:  Peer-Reviewed Reports
Idioma:  Inglês
Identificador:  vol4/iss1/art1/
Editor:  Resilience Alliance
Formato:  text/html
Fonte:  Ecology and Society; Vol. 4, No. 1 (2000)
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