Predicting distributions of known and unknown reptile species in Madagascar

Nature

Volumn 426, Issue 6968, 2003, Pages 837-841

  Raxworthy, Christopher J ^a   Martinez Meyer, Enrique ^b   Horning, Ned ^a   Nussbaum, Ronald A ^c   Schneider, Gregory E ^c   Ortega Huerta, Miguel A ^b   Peterson, A Townsend ^d  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ECOLOGY; MUSEUMS; SATELLITES;

TROPICAL LANDSCAPES;

BIODIVERSITY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONSERVATION STATUS; REPTILE;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MADAGASCAR; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPTILE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 0347357616     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02205     Document Type: Article

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