Incorporating expert opinion and fine-scale vegetation mapping into statistical models of faunal distribution

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 412-424

  Pearce, Jennie L ^a,b   Cherry, K ^a   Drielsma, M ^a   Ferrier, S ^a   Whish, G ^a  

^a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service   (Australia)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; Conservation; Prediction; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FAUNA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION MAPPING;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034996309     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.2001.00608.x     Document Type: Article

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