Spatial occupancy models applied to atlas data show Southern Ground Hornbills strongly depend on protected areas

Ecological Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 363-374

  Broms, Kristin M ^a,e   Johnson, Devin S ^b   Altwegg, Res ^c,d   Conquest, Loveday L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

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

Author keywords

Bayesian methods; Bucorvus leadbeateri; Citizen scientists; Conditional autoregressive (CAR) model; Kruger national park; Restricted spatial regression; Southern African bird atlas project; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

ATLAS; AUTOCORRELATION; BIRD; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; PROTECTED AREA; SOFTWARE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84899570135     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-2151.1     Document Type: Article

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