Putting models to a good use: A rapid assessment of Arctic seabird biodiversity indicates potential conflicts with shipping lanes and human activity

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 478-490

  Humphries, Grant R W ^a   Huettmann, Falk ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic seabirds; Arctic shipping routes; GIS modelling; Human impact

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GIS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; MARINE PARK; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITIZATION; SEABIRD; STANDARDIZATION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 84903371796     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12177     Document Type: Article

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