Seasonal observations and machine-learning-based spatial model predictions for the common raven (Corvus corax) in the urban, sub-arctic environment of Fairbanks, Alaska

Polar Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1587-1599

  Baltensperger, A P ^a   Mullet, T C ^a   Schmid, M S ^b   Humphries, G R W ^c   Kover L ^d   Huettmann, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Alaska; Common raven; Distribution model; Fairbanks; Machine learning; Subsidized predator

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DATA SET; GENERALIST; GIS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LEARNING; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PASSERINE; PREDATOR; URBANIZATION; WINTER;

ALASKA; FAIRBANKS; UNITED STATES;

CORVUS CORAX;

EID: 84886641509     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-013-1376-7     Document Type: Article

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