Models of presence-absence estimate abundance as well as (or even better than) models of abundance: The case of the butterfly Parnassius apollo

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 401-413

  Gutiérrez, David ^a   Harcourt, Jennifer ^b   Díez, Sonia B ^a   Gutiérrez Illán, Javier ^c   Wilson, Robert J ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Apollo butterfly; Conservation planning; Distribution; GLM; Iberian Peninsula; Information theoretic approach; Lepidoptera; Mountains

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BIODIVERSITY; BUTTERFLY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

LEPIDOPTERA; PARNASSIINAE; PARNASSIUS APOLLO;

EID: 84874998646     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9847-3     Document Type: Article

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