Novel application of a quantitative spatial comparison tool to species distribution data

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 70, Issue , 2016, Pages 67-76

  Jones, Esther L ^a   Rendell, Luke ^a   Pirotta, Enrico ^b   Long, Jed A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Edge effects; Map comparison; Moving window; Sperm whale; SSIM index; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EDGE EFFECT; MAP COMPARISON; MOVING WINDOW; SPERM WHALES; SSIM INDICES; UNCERTAINTY;

ECOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; DATA INTERPRETATION; DATA QUALITY; EDGE EFFECT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INDEX METHOD; MAP; SOFTWARE; SPACE USE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WHALE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

CETACEA; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 84974687027     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.05.051     Document Type: Article

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