Spinning a laser web: Predicting spider distributions using LiDAR

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 577-588

  Vierling, K T ^a   Bassler C ^b   Brandl, R ^c   Vierling, L A ^a   Weiss I ^b   Muller J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bavarian Forest National Park; Conservation planning; Invertebrates; LiDAR; Remote sensing; Southeastern Germany; Species richness; Species level prediction; Spiders; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; INVERTEBRATE; LANDSCAPE; LIDAR; MAPPING METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NICHE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TERRAIN; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; GERMANY; LASER; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SPIDER; TREE;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; GERMANY; LASERS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SPIDERS; TREES;

BAVARIA; BAVARIAN FOREST NATIONAL PARK; GERMANY;

ARANEAE; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955549570     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-2155.1     Document Type: Article

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