Researchers from the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences combined field observations of shorebirds with mapped physical and ecological parameters to develop a series of spatially dependent habitat selection models that predict the contemporary distribution of shorebird species across the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska.

Purpose:

• ISO 19115 Topic Category (isoTopicCategory):
  • biota
• Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords (project):
  • GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS,
  • BIRDS,
  • MODELS
• End User Types - Landscape Conservation Cooperatives (LCC End User Type):
  • Conservation NGOs,
  • Federal resource managers,
  • Academics & scientific researchers