Habitat prediction model for three-toed woodpecker and its implications for the conservation of biologically valuable forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 697-703

  Stachura Skierczyńska, Krystyna ^a   Tumiel, Tomasz ^b   Skierczyński, Michał ^c  

^a Ogolnopolskie Towarzystwo Ochrony Ptakow   (Poland)

^b Knyszyńska Forest Important Bird Area ^*  (Poland)

^c Faculty of Biology   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biologically Important Forests; Forest management; Habitat selection; Maxent model; Three toed woodpecker

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT FORESTS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; MAXENT MODEL; THREE-TOED WOODPECKER;

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; LOCATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN HABITATS;

ECOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; BIRD; BREEDING SITE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; NATURE RESERVE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

BIRDS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

PICEA; PICOIDES TRIDACTYLUS;

EID: 67650140654     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.05.007     Document Type: Article

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