Using satellite imagery to assess breeding habitat availability of the endangered loggerhead shrike in Québec

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-95

  Jobin, Benoît ^a   Grenier, Marcelle ^a   Laporte, Pierre ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Habitat use; Landscape; Lanius ludovicianus; Loggerhead shrike; Pastureland; Qu bec; Satellite imagery

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING; PASSERINE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; CARETTA CARETTA; CRATAEGUS; LANIIDAE; LANIUS LUDOVICIANUS;

EID: 14644406882     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-005-4052-6     Document Type: Article

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