Predicting locations of rare aquatic species' habitat with a combination of species-specific and assemblage-based models

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 503-517

  McKenna, James E ^a   Carlson, Douglas M ^b   Payne Wynne, Molly L ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation priorities; Freshwater darters; Landscape models; Lotic habitat; Neural networks; Rare fish

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AQUATIC COMMUNITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA ACQUISITION; ESTIMATION METHOD; FISH; HABITAT TYPE; LOCATION THEORY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RARE SPECIES; WATERSHED;

ALLEGHENY RIVER; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877338011     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12059     Document Type: Article

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