Accuracy of gap analysis habitat models in predicting physical features for wildlife-habitat associations in the southwest U.S.

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 221, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 2769-2775

  Boykin, Kenneth G ^a   Thompson, Bruce C ^b   Propeck Gray, Suzanne ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy assessment; Gap analysis; Habitat modeling; Wildlife habitat associations

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; GAP ANALYSIS; HABITAT DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT MODEL; HABITAT MODELING; LAND CONSERVATION; LAND COVER MAPPING; PHYSICAL FEATURES; PREDICTIVE MODELS; RELATIVE ACCURACY; RELATIVE DEGREES; SAMPLE LOCATION; SOIL COMPOSITION; SPATIALLY EXPLICIT; VERTEBRATE SPECIES; WILDLIFE-HABITAT ASSOCIATIONS;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; LANDFORMS; REMOTE SENSING;

MODELS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; GAP DYNAMICS; HABITAT TYPE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LANDSCAPE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SLOPE; SPECIALIZATION; TAXONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77957304561     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2010.08.034     Document Type: Article

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