Does scale matter in predicting species distributions? Case study with the marbled murrelet

Ecological Applications

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1474-1483

  Meyer, C B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b ARCADIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Brachyramphus marmoratus; Habitat; Hierarchical scaling; Marbled Murrelet; Resource selection; Scale; Selection order

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT SELECTION; MAPPING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESOURCE SELECTION; SCALE EFFECT; SEABIRD;

ANIMALIA; BRACHYRAMPHUS; BRACHYRAMPHUS MARMORATUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHARADRIIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 34848927276     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-1410.1     Document Type: Article

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