Influence of spatial heterogeneity and temporal variability in habitat selection: A case study on a great bustard metapopulation

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 228, Issue , 2012, Pages 39-48

  Martín, Beatriz ^a   Alonso, Juan Carlos ^a   Martín, Carlos A ^a,b   Palacín, Carlos ^a   Magaña, Marina ^a   Alonso, Javier ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abundance models; Conspecific attraction; GLM; Heterogeneity; NDVI; Steppe land bird

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CENSUS DATA; CENTRAL SPAIN; CONSPECIFIC ATTRACTION; CONSPECIFICS; DATA ACCUMULATION; DATA SERIES; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; GLM; GLOBAL MODELS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT SUITABILITY; HETEROGENEITY; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MADRID REGION; METAPOPULATIONS; MODEL PERFORMANCE; MODEL PREDICTION; NDVI; PREDICTIVE ABILITIES; REASONABLE ACCURACY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL STRUCTURE; SUITABLE HABITAT; SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; TEMPORAL DATA; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; VALIDATION TEST;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORECASTING; LAND USE; POPULATION STATISTICS;

OCEAN HABITATS;

ABUNDANCE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BREEDING SEASON; CALIBRATION; CONSPECIFIC; DATA SET; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HETEROGENEITY; LAND USE; LINEARITY; METAPOPULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STEPPE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

MADRID [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

AVES; OTIDIDAE;

EID: 84855870476     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.12.024     Document Type: Article

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