Using presence-only and presence-absence data to estimate the current and potential distributions of established invasive species

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-34

  Gormley, Andrew M ^a   Forsyth, David M ^a   Griffioen, Peter ^b   Lindeman, Michael ^a   Ramsey, David S L ^a   Scroggie, Michael P ^a   Woodford, Luke ^a  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b Peter Griffioen Consulting   (Australia)

Author keywords

Camera trap; Cervus unicolor; Detection probability; Habitat suitability models; Kernel smoothing; Maxent; Occupancy; Sambar deer; State space modelling; Victoria

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOPHYSICS; DATA SET; DEER; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FECAL PELLET; FIELD SURVEY; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SAMPLING; SMOOTHING; TRAP (EQUIPMENT); TRAPPING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

CERVIDAE; CERVUS UNICOLOR;

EID: 78650960671     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2010.01911.x     Document Type: Article

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