Mapping migratory wading bird feeding habitats using satellite imagery and field data, Eighty-Mile Beach, Western Australia

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 759-770

  Wade, Suzanne ^a   Hickey, Robert ^b  

^a Kittitas County Conservation District   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIS; Landsat; Mudflats; Remote sensing; Tidal

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEEDING GROUND; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; MAPPING METHOD; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MUDFLAT; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WADER;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EIGHTY MILE BEACH; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AVES; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 44649136188     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/05-0453.1     Document Type: Article

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