Improving habitat suitability index models

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 163-167

  Brooks, Robert P ^a,b,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MUHLENBERG COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

habitat assessment; habitat suitability index models; model validation

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SUITABILITY INDEX MODEL; MODEL VALIDATION;

EID: 0030609501     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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