Nest selection by snow petrels Pagodroma nivea in East Antarctica. Validating predictive habitat selection models at the continental scale

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 414-430

  Olivier, Frédérique ^a   Wotherspoon, Simon J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Classification tree (CT); Generalized linear model (GLM); Habitat selection; Model validation; Nest distribution

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA REDUCTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANTARCTICA; CASEY MODELS; CLASSIFICATION TREE (CT); GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL (GLM); NEST DISTRIBUTION; NEST SELECTION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC (ROC);

BIRDS;

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GIS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; MODEL VALIDATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEABIRD;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA;

PAGODROMA NIVEA; PROCELLARIIDAE;

EID: 37349048462     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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