Statewide habitat assessment for white-tailed deer in Arkansas using satellite imagery

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 715-726

  Miranda, Brian R ^a,b   Porter, William F ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b USFS Forest Science Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Arkansas; Evaluation; GIS; Habitat; Habitat suitability; Landsat; Landscape; Life requisite; Odocoileus virginianus; Satellite imagery; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DEER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT QUALITY; INDEX METHOD; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 0142153958     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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