Modelling habitat suitability for alpine rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta helvetica) combining object-based classification of IKONOS imagery and Habitat Suitability Index modelling

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 254, Issue , 2013, Pages 22-32

  Zohmann, Margit ^a   Pennerstorfer, Josef ^a   Nopp Mayr, Ursula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alpine rock ptarmigan; Habitat monitoring tool; Habitat suitability modelling; IKONOS; Image classification; Object based image analysis

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ROCK PTARMIGAN; HABITAT MONITORING; HABITAT SUITABILITY; IKONOS; OBJECT BASED IMAGE ANALYSIS;

CONSERVATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; ROCKS; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

ECOSYSTEMS;

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT TYPE; IKONOS; IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TREELINE; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 84874371084     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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