Use of topographic predictors for macrobenthic community mapping in the Marine Reserve of La Palma (Canary Islands, Spain)

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 263, Issue , 2013, Pages 19-31

  Martín García, Laura ^a,b   González Lorenzo, Gustavo ^a,c   Brito Izquierdo, Isabel T ^b   Barquín Diez, Jacinto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b La Palma World Biosphere Reserve Consortium ^*  (Spain)

^c Santa Cruz de Tenerife   (Spain)

Author keywords

Benthic community; Distribution modelling; ENFA; GIS; Maxent; Terrain analysis

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC COMMUNITIES; DISTRIBUTION MODELLING; ENFA; MAXENT; TERRAIN ANALYSIS;

ECOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

CONSERVATION;

BENTHOS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EEL; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GIS; MAPPING METHOD; PREDICTION; TERRAIN; TOPOGRAPHY;

CANARY ISLANDS; LA PALMA; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN;

ANTHOZOA; ANTIPATHARIA; HETEROCONGER HALIS;

EID: 84878437645     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.04.005     Document Type: Article

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