High-resolution habitat modeling with airborne LiDAR for red tree voles

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 58-72

  Johnston, Aaron N ^a,b   Moskal, L Monika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arborimus longicaudus; forest management; habitat suitability model; LiDAR; Oregon; red tree vole; remote sensing; spatial scale

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; LIDAR; LOGIT ANALYSIS; MAP; MAPPING METHOD; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; RODENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ARBORIMUS LONGICAUDUS;

EID: 84991065651     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.21173     Document Type: Article

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