Sensitivity of a white-tailed deer habitat-suitability index model to error in satellite land-cover data: Implications for wildlife habitat-suitability studies

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 158-168

  Fleming, Kathleen K ^a,b,e,f   Didier, Karl A ^a,c,h   Miranda, Brian R ^a,d   Porter, William F ^a,g  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^e ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Class accuracy; Classified satellite data; Error; Error propagation; Habitat suitability index; Odocoileus virginianus; Remotely sensed data; Sensitivity analysis; Spatial data; White tailed deer; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND COVER; MODELING; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 2142641898     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2004)32[158:SOAWDH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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