Identifying predictable foraging habitats for a wide-ranging marine predator using ensemble ecological niche models

• Published in: Diversity and Distributions
• Main Authors: Scales, Kylie L, Miller, P I, Ingram, S N, Hazen, E L, Bograd, S J, Phillips, R A
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2016
• Subjects: FoR 05 (Environmental Sciences); FoR 06 (Biological Sciences); albatross; biologging; boosted regression trees; front map; generalized additive models; habitat model; random forest; satellite remote sensing; Bird Island; Gam
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12389

Aim: Ecological niche modelling can provide valuable insight into species' environmental preferences and aid the identification of key habitats for populations of conservation concern. Here, we integrate biologging, satellite remote-sensing and ensemble ecological niche models (EENMs) to identi...