Using partitioned mahalanobis D2(k) to formulate a gis-based model of timber rattlesnake hibernacula

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 33-44

  Browning, Dawn M ^a,b   Beaupré, Steven J ^a   Duncan, Lynette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Cross validation; Crotalus horridus; Geographic Information System; GIS; Habitat model; Hibernacula; Partitioned Mahalanobis distance; Radiotelemetry

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; GIS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SNAKE;

ARKANSAS; MADISON COUNTY [ARKANSAS]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CROTALUS HORRIDUS; SERPENTES;

EID: 18044378568     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069<0033:UPMDTF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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