Species’ habitat use inferred from environmental variables at multiple scales: How much we gain from high-resolution vegetation data?

• Published in: International journal of applied earth observation and geoinformation Vol. 55; pp. 1 - 8
• Main Authors: Gastón, Aitor, Ciudad, Carlos, Mateo-Sánchez, María C., García-Viñas, Juan I., López-Leiva, César, Fernández-Landa, Alfredo, Marchamalo, Miguel, Cuevas, Jorge, de la Fuente, Begoña, Fortin, Marie-Josée, Saura, Santiago
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.03.2017
• Subjects: Brown bear; Habitat selection; High-resolution data; LiDAR; Multi-scale habitat modelling; Remote sensing; High-resolution data; Brown bear; Habitat selection; Multi-scale habitat modelling; Remote sensing; LiDAR

•Habitat models for bears were developed using different spatial resolution data.•We compared vegetation data from CORINE, forest map at 1:50,000 scale and LiDAR.•Resolution affects spatial scale at which bear is estimated to perceive landscape.•Reliability of coarse-resolution models depends on ind...