Using community observations to predict the occurrence of malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata) in the Western Australian wheatbelt

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 364-374

  Parsons, Blair ^a,c   Short, Jeff ^b   Roberts, J Dale ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Wildlife Research and Management   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bird habitat; Generalised additive model; Generalised linear model; Prediction; Presence only; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; BIRD; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

AVES; LEIPOA OCELLATA;

EID: 58149458440     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.10.032     Document Type: Article

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