Building large-scale spatially explicit models to predict the distribution of suitable habitat patches for the Greater rhea (Rhea americana), a near-threatened species

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 357-365

  Giordano, Paola F ^a   Navarro, Joaquín L ^a   Martella, Mónica B ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Geographic Information System; Grassland pampas; Habitat suitability model; Land use changes; Logistic regression; Rhea americana conservation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIRD; CROP PRODUCTION; GIS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LOGISTICS; PATCH DYNAMICS;

ARGENTINA;

BOS; RHEA; RHEA AMERICANA; RHEIFORMES;

EID: 73649133934     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.10.022     Document Type: Article

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