Describing habitat occupation by woodland birds with territory mapping and remotely sensed data: An example using the Marsh Tit (Poecile palustris)

Condor

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 812-822

  Broughton, Richard K ^a   Hill, Ross A ^b   Freeman, Stephen N ^a   Bellamy, Paul E ^c   Hinsley, Shelley A ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Habitat; LiDAR; Marsh Tit; Poecile palustris; Remote sensing; Woodland

Indexed keywords

AVES; PARUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 84870549100     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2012.110171     Document Type: Article

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