Abundance models improve spatial and temporal prioritization of conservation resources

Ecological Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1749-1756

  Johnston, Alison ^a   Fink, Daniel ^a   Reynolds, Mark D ^b   Hochachka, Wesley M ^a   Sullivan, Brian L ^a   Bruns, Nicholas E ^a   Hallstein, Eric ^b   Merrifield, Matt S ^b   Matsumoto, Sandi ^b   Kelling, Steve ^a  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Agriculture; Citizen science; Conservation prioritization; Dynamic conservation; eBird; Precision conservation; Spatiotemporal models; Species distribution models; Waterbirds

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA ACQUISITION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PRIORITIZATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WATERFOWL;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISPERSAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NATURAL RESOURCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; PROCEDURES; SEASON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNITED STATES; WATERFOWL;

ANIMAL DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; ANSERIFORMES; CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NATURAL RESOURCES; POPULATION DENSITY; SEASONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84943648420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-1826.1     Document Type: Article

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