Modeling habitat suitability for greater rheas based on satellite image texture

Ecological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1956-1966

  Bellis, Laura M ^a   Pidgeon, Anna M ^b   Radeloff, Volker C ^b   St Louis, Véronique ^b   Navarro, Joaquín L ^c   Martella, Mónica B ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c CENTRO DE ZOOLOGÍA APLICADA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Grassland; Greater Rhea; Habitat suitability; Remote sensing; Rhea americana; Texture

Indexed keywords

DICOTYLEDONEAE; RHEA; RHEA AMERICANA;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHYSIOLOGY; RHEA; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RHEIFORMES; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 63249111809     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0243.1     Document Type: Article

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