Multi-temporal distribution modelling with satellite tracking data: Predicting responses of a long-distance migrant to changing environmental conditions

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 803-813

  Gschweng, Marion ^a   Kalko, Elisabeth K V ^a,b   Berthold, Peter ^c   Fiedler, Wolfgang ^c   Fahr, Jakob ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eleonora's falcon; Madagascar; Maxent; Migratory species; Remote sensing; Species distribution modelling; Wintering area

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MIGRATION; NDVI; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RAPTOR; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

MADAGASCAR;

FALCO ELEONORAE; FALCONIDAE; RAPTORES;

EID: 84864021260     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2012.02170.x     Document Type: Article

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