Modeling marbled murrelet (brachyramphus marmoratus) habitat using lidar-derived canopy data

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 237-249

  Hagar, Joan C ^a   Eskelson, Bianca N I ^b   Haggerty, Patricia K ^a   Nelson, S Kim ^b   Vesely, David G ^c  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Oregon Wildlife Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachyramphus marmoratus; Forest structure; Habitat model; LiDAR; Marbled murrelet; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906657665     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: 19385463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wsb.407     Document Type: Article

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