Volunteer-based surveys offer enhanced opportunities for biodiversity monitoring across broad spatial extent

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 30, Issue , 2015, Pages 313-317

  Le Rest, Kévin ^a   Pinaud, David ^a   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^a  

^a CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Count data; Overdispersion; Raptors; Spatial autocorrelation; Species distribution; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; RAPTOR; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FRANCE;

RAPTORES;

EID: 84949104398     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2015.08.007     Document Type: Article

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