Empirical estimation of dispersal resistance surfaces: A case study with red-cockaded woodpeckers

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 755-767

  Trainor, Anne M ^a,b   Walters, Jeffrey R ^c   Morris, William F ^d   Sexton, Joseph ^e   Moody, Aaron ^f  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

LiDAR; Natal dispersal; Picoides borealis; Prospecting; Radio telemetry

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; LIDAR; NATAL DISPERSAL; PATCHINESS; RADIOTELEMETRY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PICOIDES BOREALIS;

EID: 84876083081     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9861-5     Document Type: Article

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