Modelling habitat selection using presence-only data: Case study of a colonial hollow nesting bird, the snow petrel

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 195, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 187-204

  Olivier, Frédérique ^a   Wotherspoon, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Classification tree (CT); Conspecific attraction; Ecological niche factor analysis (ENFA); Generalized linear model (GLM); Nest selection; Pagodroma nivea; Point data; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGIONAL PLANNING; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

AUTOCORRELATION; CLASSIFICATION TREE (CT); CONSPECIFIC ATTRACTION; ECOLOGICAL NICHE FACTOR ANALYSIS (ENFA); GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL (GLM); NEST SELECTION; PAGODROMA NIVEA; POINT DATA;

BIODIVERSITY;

COLONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; HABITAT SELECTION; MICROHABITAT; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PARAMETERIZATION; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; WINDMILL ISLANDS;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; PAGODROMA NIVEA;

EID: 33646404923     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.10.036     Document Type: Article

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