Modeling bird communities using unclassified remote sensing imagery: Effects of the spatial resolution and data period

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 43, Issue , 2014, Pages 69-82

  Sheeren, D ^a,b   Bonthoux, S ^b,c   Balent, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UMR 1201 Dynafor   (France)

^c UMR 7324 CNRS CITERES 33 35 allée Ferdinand de Lesseps   (France)

Author keywords

Avian diversity; Community habitat model; Satellite images; Spatial resolution; Temporal effect

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; OPTICAL RADAR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SENSORS;

AVIAN DIVERSITY; DIGITAL HEIGHT MODELS; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; PREDICTIVE MODELING; REMOTE SENSING IMAGERY; SATELLITE IMAGES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL EFFECTS;

IMAGE RESOLUTION;

AVIFAUNA; BREEDING SEASON; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA ACQUISITION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT STRUCTURE; LAND COVER; LIDAR; MODIS; NDVI; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SPOT;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; FORESTRY; IMAGES; RESOLUTION; SATELLITES; SENSORS;

FRANCE;

EID: 84896916399     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.02.023     Document Type: Article

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