Indices of bird-habitat preference from field surveys of birds and remote sensing of land cover: A study of south-eastern England with wider implications for conservation and biodiversity assessment

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-239

  Fuller, Robin M ^a   Devereux, Bernard J ^a   Gillings, Simon ^b   Amable, Gabriel S ^a   Hill, Ross A ^c  

^a Unit for Landscape Modelling   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity assessment; Birds; Clustering; Habitats; Index; Maps; Preference; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION; FIELD SURVEY; REMOTE SENSING;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AVES;

EID: 19344377877     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2005.00145.x     Document Type: Article

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