Application of multi-scale spatial and spectral analysis for predicting primate occurrence and habitat associations in Kibale National Park, Uganda

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2170-2186

  Stickler, Claudia M ^a   Southworth, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Continuous satellite derived variables; Habitat selection; Landsat ETM+; Logistic regression; Predictive models, Scale, Quickbird; Primates; Receiver operating characteristics; Satellite imagery; Species occurrence

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DEFORESTATION; LOGISTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING;

CONTINUOUS SATELLITE-DERIVED VARIABLES; HABITAT SELECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION; PREDICTIVE MODELS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSAT; NATIONAL PARK; PRIMATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

BIODIVERSITY; DEFORESTATION; MODELS; SENSORS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KIBALE NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; WESTERN PROVINCE [UGANDA];

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS ASCANIUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 41249098848     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2007.10.013     Document Type: Article

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