Predicting abundance of desert riparian birds: Validation and calibration of the effective area model

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1090-1102

  Brand, L Arriana ^a   Noon, Barry R ^a   Sisk, Thomas D ^b  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Birds; Calibration; Effective Area Model (EAM); Model testing; Null model; Prediction; San Pedro River, Arizona, USA; Validation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; DESERT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MODEL VALIDATION; RIPARIAN ZONE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PLANT; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CALIBRATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANTS;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 33746028150     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[1090:PAODRB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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