Using monitoring data and habitat variables to model the distribution of bird species in the Marches region (Italy);Uso di dati di monitoraggio e variabili degli habitat per la costruzione di modelli di distribuzione delle specie di uccelli nella regione Marche, Italia

Fitosociologia

Volumn 44, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 127-132

  Morelli, F ^a   Pandolfi, M ^a   Pesaresi, S ^b   Biondi, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breeding bird atlas; GIS; Habitat model; Landscape variables; Species distribution

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 77957353549     PISSN: 11259078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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