Lidar-derived canopy architecture predicts Brown Creeper occupancy of two western coniferous forests

Condor

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 614-622

  Vogeler, Jody C ^a,c   Hudak, Andrew T ^b   Vierling, Lee A ^a   Vierling, Kerri T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brown Creeper; Certhia americana; Forest; Habitat; Lidar; Mapping; Occupancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883317811     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2013.110082     Document Type: Article

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