A large-scale model for the at-sea distribution and abundance of Marbled Murrelets (Brachyramphus marmoratus) during the breeding season in coastal British Columbia, Canada

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 171, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 395-413

  Yen, P P W ^a,d   Huettmann, F ^b   Cooke, F ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c Larkins Cottage   (United Kingdom)

^d PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs); Brachyramphus marmoratus; Breeding distribution; Classification and Regression Trees (CART); Marbled Murrelets; Marine distribution; Modelling Algorithms; Multiple Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS)

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION MODELING; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

AMMODYTES MARINUS; AVES; BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS; CLUPEA HARENGUS;

EID: 1142290142     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2003.07.006     Document Type: Article

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