Citizen science and field survey observations provide comparable results for mapping Vancouver Island White-tailed Ptarmigan (Lagopus leucura saxatilis) distributions

Biological Conservation

Volumn 181, Issue , 2015, Pages 162-172

  Jackson, Michelle M ^a   Gergel, Sarah E ^a   Martin, Kathy ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpine; British columbia; Citizen science; Species distribution modeling; Vancouver island; White tailed ptarmigan

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FIELD SURVEY; HABITAT TYPE; MAPPING METHOD; MONITORING; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POULTRY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LEUCURUS;

EID: 84913586692     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.11.010     Document Type: Article

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