Mapping habitat suitability for at-risk plant species and its implications for restoration and reintroduction

Ecological Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 385-395

  Questad, Erin J ^a,b   Kellner, James R ^c,d   Kinney, Kealoha ^c,d   Cordell, Susan ^b   Asner, Gregory P ^d   Thaxton, Jarrod ^e,f   Diep, Jennifer ^g   Uowolo, Amanda ^b   Brooks, Sam ^b   Inman Narahari, Nikhil ^h   Evans, Steven A ^h   Tucker, Brian ^h  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^f EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g ALASKA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Dryland; Endangered; LiDAR; Microtopography; Outplant; Threatened species; Water stress

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LIDAR; MAPPING; MICROCLIMATE; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PLANT; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; WATER STRESS; WIND VELOCITY;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PLANT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HAWAII; PLANTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899562995     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0775.1     Document Type: Article

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