A Network Extension of Species Occupancy Models in a Patchy Environment Applied to the Yosemite Toad (Anaxyrus canorus)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Berlow, Eric L ^a,b   Knapp, Roland A ^c   Ostoja, Steven M ^a   Williams, Richard J ^d,e   McKenny, Heather ^f   Matchett, John R ^a   Guo, Qinghua ^g   Fellers, Gary M ^a   Kleeman, Patrick ^a   Brooks, Matthew L ^a   Joppa, Lucas ^d  

^a Western Ecological Research Center   (United States)

^b Vibrant Data Labs   (United States)

^c Departments of Cognitive Science and Neurosciences   (United States)

^d MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e Quid Inc   (United States)

^f NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAXYRUS CANORUS; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; ANURA; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LANDSCAPE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES HABITAT; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

ANIMALS; BUFONIDAE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84881497360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0072200     Document Type: Article

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