Identifying core areas in a species' range using temporal suitability analysis: An example using little bustards Tetrax tetrax L. in Spain

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3505-3518

  Osborne, Patrick E ^a   Suárez Seoane, Susana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas Y Ambientales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distribution modelling; GAM; Habitat selection; NDVI time series; Occupancy; Steppe birds

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIRD; DISPERSAL; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; LAND COVER; METAPOPULATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; NDVI; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROTECTED AREA; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; OTIDIDAE; TETRAX TETRAX;

EID: 36148938326     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9058-1     Document Type: Article

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