Assessing the location and stability of foraging hotspots for pelagic seabirds: An approach to identify marine Important Bird Areas (IBAs) in Spain

Biological Conservation

Volumn 156, Issue , 2012, Pages 30-42

  Arcos, José Manuel ^a   Bécares, Juan ^a   Villero, Dani ^b   Brotons, Lluís ^b   Rodríguez, Beneharo ^c   Ruiz, Asunción ^d  

^a SEO/BirdLife   (Spain)

^b Centre Tecnologic Forestal de Catalunya   (Spain)

^c SEO/BirdLife   (Spain)

^d SEO/BirdLife   (Spain)

Author keywords

Habitat model; Marine protected area; MAXENT; Mediterranean; Shearwater; Storm petrel

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PELAGIC ECOSYSTEM; PROTECTED AREA; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

AVES; HYDROBATINAE; PROCELLARIIFORMES;

EID: 84871925939     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.12.011     Document Type: Article

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