Comparing habitat models using ground-based and remote sensing data: Saltmarsh sparrow presence versus nesting

Wetlands

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 725-736

  Meiman, Susan ^a   Civco, Daniel ^a   Holsinger, Kent ^a   Elphick, Chris S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammodramus caudacutus; Bayesian hierarchical models; Probability of presence; Remote sensing; Saltmarsh sparrow

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROUND-BASED MEASUREMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; LIDAR; NESTING; PROBABILITY; REMOTE SENSING; SALTMARSH; SATELLITE DATA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AMMODRAMUS CAUDACUTUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 84864031014     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: 19436246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13157-012-0306-8     Document Type: Article

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