Species detection vs. habitat suitability: Are we biasing habitat suitability models with remotely sensed data?

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 244, Issue , 2012, Pages 57-64

  Bradley, Bethany A ^a   Olsson, Aaryn D ^b   Wang, Ophelia ^b   Dickson, Brett G ^b   Pelech, Lori ^a   Sesnie, Steven E ^b   Zachmann, Luke J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic envelope model; Ecological niche model; Habitat suitability model; Land cover classification; Remote sensing; Species distribution model; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; ECOLOGICAL MODELLING; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; HABITAT MODEL; HABITAT SUITABILITY; HABITAT SUITABILITY MODEL; LAND COVER; LAND COVER CLASSIFICATION; MODEL RESULTS; PLANT SPECIES; POTENTIAL HABITAT; PREDICTOR VARIABLES; REMOTELY SENSED DATA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS; TARGET SPECIES; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS;

ECOSYSTEMS; PHOTOMAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; VEGETATION;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ANIMAL; DETECTION METHOD; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT TYPE; LAND USE; NICHE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; TAXONOMY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84864416479     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.06.019     Document Type: Review

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