Using a random forest model and public data to predict the distribution of prey for marine wildlife management

Spatial Complexity, Informatics, and Wildlife Conservation

Volumn 9784431877714, Issue , 2010, Pages 151-163

  Oppel, Steffen ^a   Huettmann, Falk ^b  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION TREES; ECOSYSTEMS; MAMMALS;

BENTHIC INVERTEBRATES; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT SUITABILITY; INVERTEBRATE ORGANISMS; MANAGEMENT CONCERNS; RANDOM FOREST MODELING; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84919966268     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-4-431-87771-4_8     Document Type: Chapter

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