Bicknell's Thrush is one of the rarest species of breeding bird in North America. In this study, we conducted a characterization and classification of the habitat for Bicknell's Thrush on two high-elevation sites in the Estrie region, Quebec: Mont Megantic and Mont Gosford. To identify habitat preferences, we characterized and compared the vegetation composition and habitat structure of 42 sites occupied by the species, and 19 unoccupied sites. / To classify the habitat on the two mountains as suitable or unsuitable for Bicknell's Thrush, we used a Geographic Information System (GIS) to integrate Thematic Mapper data (bands 3, 4, 5, and 7) with field observations on the locations of occupied and unoccupied sites. The supervised classification of habitat on each mountain identified sites that were occupied or unoccupied by the species as suitable or unsuitable, respectively, with an accuracy of 89 to 90%. The results indicate the usefulness of our methods in mapping potential suitable habitat for Bicknell's Thrush at the local scale. (Abstract shortened by UMI.)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.30359 |
| Date | January 2000 |
| Creators | Connolly, Véronique. |
| Contributors | Seutin, Gilles (advisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Geography.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001744370, proquestno: MQ64335, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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