Using habitat models to determine conservation priorities for pond-breeding amphibians in a privately-owned landscape of northern Idaho, USA

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1096-1104

  Goldberg, Caren S ^a   Waits, Lisette P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambystoma macrodactylum; Habitat modeling; Landscape ecology; Pseudacris regilla; Rana luteiventris; Random forest

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; AMPHIBIAN; BREEDING SITE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISH; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LARVA; PERSISTENCE; POND; PRIVATE LAND; RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL LANDSCAPE; SURVIVAL; THINNING; WETLAND;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMBYSTOMA; AMBYSTOMA MACRODACTYLUM; AMPHIBIA; ANURA; HYLA; PSEUDACRIS REGILLA; RANA LUTEIVENTRIS; SALAMANDROIDEA;

EID: 62049085334     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.01.025     Document Type: Article

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