Habitat suitability assessment for the endangered Nilgiri Laughingthrush: A multiple logistic regression approach

Current Science

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1487-1494

  Zarri, Ashfaq A ^a,d   Rahmani, Asad R ^a   Singh, A ^b   Kushwaha, S P S ^c  

^a BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF REMOTE SENSING   (India)

^d BABA GHULAM SHAH BADSHAH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Field surveys; Habitat suitability; Logistic regression model; Nilgiri Laughingthrush

Indexed keywords

GARRULAX CACHINNANS;

EID: 45849097877     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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