Assessing Species Habitat Using Google Street View: A Case Study of Cliff-Nesting Vultures

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Olea, Pedro P ^a   Mateo Tomás, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GYPS FULVUS; NEOPHRON PERNOCPTERUS; NESTING; NONHUMAN; REMOTE SENSING; SPECIES HABITAT; VULTURE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; SPAIN;

NEOPHRON PERCNOPTERUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 84872764299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054582     Document Type: Article

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