A stratified approach for modeling the distribution of a threatened ant species in the Swiss National Park

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2117-2141

  Maggini, Ramona ^a,b   Guisan, A ^a,c   Cherix, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Musee de Zoologie Lausanne   (Switzerland)

^c Centre Suisse de Cartographie de la Faune   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Formica exsecta Nyl.; Generalized linear models; Modeling; Potential distribution maps; Random stratified sampling; Swiss National Park

Indexed keywords

ANT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MODELING; PREDICTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

SWITZERLAND;

FORMICA; FORMICA EXSECTA; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036933541     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021338510860     Document Type: Article

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