Estimating the population size of an endangered shorebird, the Madagascar plover, using a habitat suitability model

Animal Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 118-127

  Long, P R ^a   Zefania, S ^b   Ffrench Constant, R H ^c   Szekely T ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological niche factor analysis; Geographici nformation system; Remote sensing; Species distribution model; Wader

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GIS; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSAT; NICHE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; WADER;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS THORACICUS;

EID: 41549139642     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2008.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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