Creating a Ruggedness Layer for Use in Habitat Suitability Modeling for Ikh Nart Nature Reserve, Mongolia

Creating a Ruggedness Layer for Use in Habitat Suitability Modeling for Ikh Nart Nature Reserve, Mongolia

Spatially-explicit wildlife habitat models are increasingly used to study optimal habitat for species of conservation focus. A ruggedness layer, that summarizes aspect and slope, provides a useful tool for analyses conducted in a Geographic Information System (GIS), such as developing...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nanette Bragin, Navinder J. Singh, Richard P. Reading
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National University of Mongolia 2013-12-01
Series:Mongolian Journal of Biological Sciences
Subjects:
ruggedness
habitat modeling
Ikh Nart
SARI
aspect
slope
Online Access:http://mjbs.num.edu.mn/uploads/files/MJBS%20Volume%2011%20Number%201-2%20December%202013/pdf/mjbs_11-19-23-bragin-2013.pdf

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