Predicting landscape-scale habitat distribution for ruffed grouse bonasa umbellus using presence-only data

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 380-394

  Blomberg, Erik J ^a,d   Tefft, Brian C ^b   Endrulat, Erik G ^c   McWilliams, Scott R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^c Rhode Island Natural History Survey   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonasa umbellus; GIS; Partitioned Mahalanobis D2; Rhode Island; Ruffed grouse; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

BONASA UMBELLUS; CONIFEROPHYTA; TETRAONIDAE;

EID: 76449115456     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/08-012     Document Type: Article

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