Predicting avian abundance within and across tidal marshes using fine-scale vegetation and geomorphic metrics

Wetlands

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 475-487

  Stralberg, Diana ^a   Herzog, Mark P ^b   Nur, Nadav ^a   Tuxen, Karin A ^c,d   Kelly, Maggi ^c  

^a PRBO CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d GOOGLE INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerial imagery; Birds; Remote sensing; Spatial models; Wetland restoration

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MARSH; PASSERINE; PIXEL; REMOTE SENSING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SATELLITE DATA; VEGETATION MAPPING;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; UNITED STATES;

AVES; GEOTHLYPIS TRICHAS; LATERALLUS; LATERALLUS JAMAICENSIS; MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA;

EID: 77957146008     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-010-0052-8     Document Type: Article

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