Validation of landscape suitability indices for Black Terns (Chlidonias Niger) in the U.S. Great Lakes region

Agriculture & Biology

• Chlidonias niger 100%
• Great Lakes region 83%
• Laridae 63%
• wetlands 55%
• Mississippi River 15%
• breeding 13%
• habitats 13%
• habitat destruction 12%
• planning 10%
• breeding season 9%
• foraging 8%
• vegetation 8%
• taxonomy 8%
• prediction 7%
• birds 6%
• degradation 6%
• water 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• lake 33%
• index 28%
• wetland 27%
• land cover 11%
• breeding population 9%
• breeding season 9%
• habitat 8%
• joint venture 8%
• habitat loss 8%
• conservation planning 8%
• open water 7%
• vegetation type 7%
• breeding 7%
• field survey 6%
• bird 5%
• restoration 5%
• project 3%
• prediction 3%
• river 3%