Modelling habitat selection and distribution of the critically endangered Jerdon's courser Rhinoptilus bitorquatus in scrub jungle: An application of a new tracking method

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 224-237

  Jeganathan, Panchapakesan ^a   Green, Rhys E ^b,c   Norris, Ken ^d   Vogiatzakis, Ioannis N ^d   Bartsch, Annett ^d   Wotton, Simon R ^c   Bowden, Christopher G R ^c   Griffiths, Geoffrey H ^d   Pain, Debbie ^c   Rahmani, Asad R ^a  

^a BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh; India; Logistic regression; Satellite imagery; Species habitat model; Tracking strips

Indexed keywords

BIRD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT SELECTION; MODELING; MONITORING SYSTEM; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRACKING;

ANDHRA PRADESH; ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

AVES; GLAREOLIDAE; RHINOPTILUS; RHINOPTILUS BITORQUATUS;

EID: 11144357301     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8901.2004.00897.x     Document Type: Article

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