Heat waves measured with MODIS land surface temperature data predict changes in avian community structure

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 245-254

  Albright, Thomas P ^a   Pidgeon, Anna M ^a   Rittenhouse, Chadwick D ^a   Clayton, Murray K ^b   Flather, Curtis H ^c   Culbert, Patrick D ^a   Radeloff, Volker C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Biodiversity; Birds; Climate change; Heat waves; Land surface temperature; Mixed effects models; MODIS; North American Breeding Bird Survey; PRISM; Species richness; United States

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; HEAT WAVES; LAND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; MIXED EFFECTS MODELS; MODIS; NORTH AMERICAN; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNITED STATES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERICS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE MODELS; FORESTRY; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; PRISMS; RADIOMETERS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; SURVEYS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ABUNDANCE; AIR TEMPERATURE; AVIFAUNA; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA SET; ECOREGION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT FLOW; LAND SURFACE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MODIS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DECLINE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURVEY;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES;

EID: 77958107374     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2010.08.024     Document Type: Article

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