Terrain and vegetation structural influences on local avian species richness in two mixed-conifer forests

Remote Sensing of Environment

Volumn 147, Issue , 2014, Pages 13-22

  Vogeler, Jody C ^a   Hudak, Andrew T ^b   Vierling, Lee A ^a   Evans, Jeffrey ^c,d   Green, Patricia ^e   Vierling, Kerri T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^e Nez Perce National Forest   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian nesting guilds; Forest birds; Landsat; LiDAR; Predictive maps; Species richness modeling

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; LANDFORMS; OPTICAL RADAR; SLATE; VEGETATION;

AVIAN NESTING; GENERAL LINEAR MODELS; LANDSAT; MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATIONS; MIXED-CONIFER FORESTS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; STRUCTURAL INFLUENCES;

FORESTRY;

BIRD; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GUILD STRUCTURE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; LIDAR; SPECIES RICHNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PLANTS; RADAR; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

IDAHO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896475802     PISSN: 00344257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rse.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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