Modelling habitat-suitability using museum collections: An example with three sympatric Apodemus species from the Alps

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 581-590

  Reutter, Brigitte A ^a   Helfer, V ^a   Hirzel, A H ^a,b   Vogel, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alps; Apodemus; Ecological Niche Factor Analysis; Geographic Information System; Habitat suitability model; Museum data; Presence data

Indexed keywords

HABITAT AVAILABILITY; MUSEUM; NICHE; RODENT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ALPS; SWITZERLAND;

APODEMUS; APODEMUS ALPICOLA; APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; APODEMUS SYLVATICUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0038363657     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00855.x     Document Type: Article

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