Predicting the Spatial Distribution of a Seabird Community to Identify Priority Conservation Areas in the Timor Sea

Conservation Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1699-1709

  Lavers, Jennifer L ^a   Miller, Mark G R ^b   Carter, Michael J ^c   Swann, George ^d   Clarke, Rohan H ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Kimberley Birdwatching ^*  (Australia)

^d Kimberley Birdwatching   (Australia)

Author keywords

At sea observations; Important bird area; Oceanography; Species distribution model

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DECISION MAKING; MIGRATORY POPULATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEABIRD; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM; WILD POPULATION;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN; TIMOR SEA;

AVES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; AUSTRALIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INDIAN OCEAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; INDIAN OCEAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84912558655     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12324     Document Type: Article

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