Maps, models, and marine vulnerability: Assessing the community distribution of seabirds at-sea

Biological Conservation

Volumn 172, Issue , 2014, Pages 15-28

  Lieske, David J ^a   Fifield, David A ^b,c   Gjerdrum, Carina ^b  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c Government of Newfoundland and Labrador   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ensemble prediction; Hurdle; Maritime Canada; Multi species distributions; Negative binomial GLM; Random forest; Seabirds; Species distribution modelling

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BATHYMETRY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CONNECTIVITY; DATA SET; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MAP; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MONITORING SYSTEM; OIL POLLUTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEABIRD; SHELF BREAK; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; VULNERABILITY;

CANADA;

EID: 84896877134     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.02.010     Document Type: Article

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