Ranking mahalanobis distance models for predictions of occupancy from presence-only data

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1112-1121

  Griffin, Suzanne C ^a   Taper, Mark L ^b   Hoffman, Roger ^c   Mills, L Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Olympic National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

habitat model; Mahalanobis distance; Marmota olympus; Olympic marmot; Olympic National Park; presence only data

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; HABITAT QUALITY; NATIONAL PARK; REINTRODUCTION; RODENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

MARMOTA; MARMOTA OLYMPUS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 77953943352     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-002     Document Type: Article

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