Remote sensing derived fire frequency, soil moisture and ecosystem productivity explain regional movements in emu over Australia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Madani, Nima ^a   Kimball, John S ^a   Nazeri, Mona ^a   Kumar, Lalit ^b   Affleck, David L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROMAIUS NOVAEHOLLANDIAE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOSYSTEM PRODUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; FIRE FREQUENCY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT QUALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER CONTENT; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; VEGETATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DISASTER; DROMAIIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASON; SOIL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THEORETICAL MODEL;

SOIL; WATER;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; DISASTERS; DROMAIIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; GEOGRAPHY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONS; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 84958211965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147285     Document Type: Article

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