Monitoring habitat dynamics for rare and endangered species using satellite images and niche-based models

Ecography

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 888-896

  Bartel, Rebecca A ^a   Sexton, Joseph O ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FIELD SURVEY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; MONITORING; RARE SPECIES; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

NEONYMPHA MITCHELLII;

EID: 77952512705     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05797.x     Document Type: Article

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