A spatial habitat model for the marsh-breeding red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus L.) in coastal Lake Erie wetlands

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 101, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 139-152

  Özesmi, Uygar ^a,b   Mitsch, William J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agelaius phoeniceus; Breeding distribution; Freshwater marsh; Geographic information system (GIS); Habitat model; Laurentian Great Lakes, Ohio; Logistic regression; Nesting; Red winged blackbird; Spatial model; Wetland management; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

GIS; NESTING; RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD; SPATIAL MODEL; WETLAND;

USA, GREAT LAKES, LAKE ERIE; USA, OHIO, OTTAWA COUNTY;

AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS;

EID: 0030755543     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(97)01983-2     Document Type: Article

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