Estimating the effects of map error on habitat delineation for the California spotted owl in Southern California

Transactions in GIS

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 541-559

  Hines, Ellen M ^a,b   Franklin, Janet ^b   Stephenson, John R ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION USE; REMOTE SENSING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION MAPPING;

CALIFORNIA SPOTTED OWLS; EXPLICIT KNOWLEDGE; HABITAT SUITABILITY; IMAGES PROCESSING; MAPPING ERROR; POPULATION VIABILITY; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; SUITABLE HABITAT;

ERRORS;

BIRD; ERROR ANALYSIS; GIS; HABITAT SELECTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; MAPPING METHOD; POPULATION MODELING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 33745275193     PISSN: 13611682     EISSN: 14679671     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9671.2005.00234.x     Document Type: Article

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