Linking multi-temporal satellite imagery to coastal wetland dynamics and bird distribution

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 285, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-12

  Pickens, Bradley A ^a   King, Sammy L ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Coastal marsh; MARS; Model transferability; Remote sensing; Species distribution model; Waterbirds

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; WETLANDS;

COASTAL MARSH; MARS; MODEL TRANSFERABILITIES; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELING; WATERBIRDS;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84899888246     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.04.013     Document Type: Article

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