Comparing Selections of Environmental Variables for Ecological Studies: A Focus on Terrain Attributes.

Selecting appropriate environmental variables is a key step in ecology. Terrain attributes (e.g. slope, rugosity) are routinely used as abiotic surrogates of species distribution and to produce habitat maps that can be used in decision-making for conservation or management. Selecting appropriate ter...

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Main Authors: Vincent Lecours, Craig J Brown, Rodolphe Devillers, Vanessa L Lucieer, Evan N Edinger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5176161?pdf=render