Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) species page

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These include:

State/Region level analysis

Potential movement of species centers
(NOT SPECIES SPECIFIC)

Predictors used in modelling. These include:

predictor maps

predictor importance scores

predictor values and ranks
(NOT SPECIES SPECIFIC)

Maps of Species Incidence and NatureServe Range Boundaries

Maps showing potential changes in species Incidence according to 3 climate change models and 2 emission scenarios

Maps of environmental drivers of species Incidence according to Regression Trees

Species Incidence plotted to climate/elevation niche space with option to view bird distribution maps

Aerial and point statistics of mean center distributions according to species Incidence

Summary maps of potential Incidence changes

Statistics and boxplots of area weighted Incidence, ranks, predictor importance scores and actual predictor values

Table of potential changes in area weighted Incidence and occupancy

The reliability of the model as assessed from the combined outputs of Regression Tree, Bagging Trees and RandomForest Models.

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Species Information

Family: ARDEIDAE

Breeding Status: partial migrant

Primary Breeding Diet: aquatic invertebrates

External Species Links

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at USGS

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at Cornell

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron at NatureServe

Photo by Kevin T. Karlson

Thumbnail photo of the Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Research Products

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https://www.fs.usda.gov/nrs/atlas/bird/RFbirdmod_2030.html