Use of aerial imagery to assess habitat suitability and predict site occupancy for a declining wetland-dependent bird

Wetlands Ecology and Management

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 289-296

  Shealer, David A ^a   Alexander, Michael J ^a  

^a LORAS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bird survey; Black tern; Chlidonias niger; Habitat suitability; Remote sensing; Site occupancy

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; BIRD; HABITAT SELECTION; NESTING; REMOTE SENSING; WETLAND; WISCONSINAN;

PRAIRIE POTHOLE REGION; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

AVES; CHLIDONIAS; CHLIDONIAS NIGER; LARIDAE;

EID: 84884815713     PISSN: 09234861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11273-013-9300-z     Document Type: Article

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