Species Distribution Models of Freshwater Stream Fishes in Maryland and Their Implications for Management

Environmental Modeling and Assessment

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Maloney, Kelly O ^a,d   Weller, Donald E ^a   Michaelson, Daniel E ^a,b   Ciccotto, Patrick J ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification; Conditional random forests; Habitat suitability; Landscape; Prediction

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION (OF INFORMATION); CONSERVATION; DECISION TREES; FISH; FORECASTING; WATERSHEDS;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; FRESHWATER STREAMS; HABITAT SUITABILITY; LANDSCAPE; MANAGEMENT PLANS; PRESENCE/ABSENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELS;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FISH; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; NICHE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STREAM; WATERSHED;

MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

CAMPOSTOMA ANOMALUM; CATOSTOMUS COMMERSONI; MICROPTERUS; PISCES; SEMOTILUS;

EID: 84871935002     PISSN: 14202026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10666-012-9325-3     Document Type: Article

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