Ecological correlates of the distribution of territorial Svalbard rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta hyperborea)

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 122-132

  Pedersen, A O ^a   Jepsen, J U ^a,b   Yoccoz, N G ^a   Fuglei, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL (DEM)); HABITAT SELECTION; STATISTICAL HABITAT MODELS;

BIRDS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOMONITORING; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; NDVI; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOURCE SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VEGETATION COVER; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARCTIC;

LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS MUTUS;

EID: 34248598472     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z06-197     Document Type: Article

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