Occurrence vs abundance models: Differences between species with varying aggregation patterns

Biological Conservation

Volumn 152, Issue , 2012, Pages 37-45

  Estrada, Alba ^a   Arroyo, Beatriz ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Circus cyaneus; Circus pygargus; Favourability function; Hen harrier; Montagu's harrier; Predictive models

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; MONITORING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TERRITORY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AVES; CIRCUS CYANEUS; CIRCUS PYGARGUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 84862683429     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.03.031     Document Type: Article

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