Enhanced migratory waterfowl distribution modeling by inclusion of depth to water table data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kreakie, Betty J ^a,c   Fan, Ying ^b   Keitt, Timothy H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCKS AND GEESE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC ELEVATION; HABITAT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTION; RANDOM FOREST; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; WATER TABLE; WETLAND; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ANATIDAE; AVES;

GROUND WATER;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; WETLANDS;

EID: 84855846599     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030142     Document Type: Article

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