European Farmland Bird Distribution Explained by Remotely Sensed Phenological Indices

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 385-399

  Ivits, Eva ^a   Buchanan, Graeme ^b   Olsvig Whittaker, Linda ^c   Cherlet, Michael ^a  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^c Israel Nature and Parks Authority and Israel Electric Corporation   (Israel)

Author keywords

Climate; Farmland birds; Phenology; Redundancy analysis; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; REDUNDANCY; REMOTE SENSING; SURVEYS;

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CLIMATE; FARMLAND BIRDS; HIGH TEMPORAL RESOLUTION; PHENOLOGY; REDUNDANCY ANALYSIS; SEASONAL CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

FARMS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PHENOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; VEGETATION COVER;

EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 79960845062     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-011-9251-9     Document Type: Article

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