GIS-models work well, but are not enough: Habitat preferences of Lanius collurio at multiple levels and conservation implications

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2033-2042

  Brambilla, Mattia ^a   Casale, Fabio ^a,b   Bergero, Valentina ^a   Crovetto, Gianni Matteo ^a   Falco, Riccardo ^a   Negri, Irene ^c   Siccardi, Paolo ^a   Bogliani, Giuseppe ^c  

^a Fondazione Lombardia per l'Ambiente   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Habitat mosaic; Model validation; Multiscale; Predictive model; Shrike

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DIGITIZATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GIS; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HEDGEROW; HERB; MODEL VALIDATION; PASSERINE; SHRUB; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AVES; LANIIDAE; LANIUS COLLURIO; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 68549111039     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.03.033     Document Type: Article

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