Mapping wintering waterfowl distributions using weather surveillance radar

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Buler, Jeffrey J ^a   Randall, Lori A ^b   Fleskes, Joseph P ^c   Barrow, Wylie C ^b   Bogart, Tianna ^a   Kluver, Daria ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; DIURNAL ANIMAL; DUCKS AND GEESE; NIGHT; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISPERSION; POPULATION MIGRATION; RADAR REFLECTIVITY; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; TELECOMMUNICATION; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; WEATHER SURVEILLANCE RADAR; WINTER;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CALIFORNIA; DUCKS; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; GEOGRAPHY; RADAR; SEASONS; TELEMETRY; WEATHER;

ANATIDAE; AVES;

EID: 84864248176     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041571     Document Type: Article

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