Satellite imagery reveals new critical habitat for endangered bird species in the high Andes of Peru

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 145-157

  Benham, Phred M ^a   Beckman, Elizabeth J ^a   DuBay, Shane G ^a   Flores, L Mónica ^b   Johnson, Andrew B ^a   Lelevier, Michael J ^a   Schmitt, C Jonathan ^a   Wright, Natalie A ^a   Witt, Christopher C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b CENTRO DE ORNITOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD CORBIDI   (Peru)

Author keywords

Anairetes alpinus; Cinclodes aricomae; Google earth; Habitat conservation; High Andes; Leptasthenura xenothorax; Polylepis forest; Satellite imagery

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BIRD; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INTERNET; LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIALIST;

ANDES; PERU;

ANAIRETES ALPINUS; AVES; CINCLODES ARICOMAE; LEPTASTHENURA XENOTHORAX; POLYLEPIS;

EID: 80054734924     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00323     Document Type: Article

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