Modeling species' geographic distributions for preliminary conservation assessments: An implementation with the spiny pocket mice (Heteromys) of Ecuador

Biological Conservation

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 167-179

  Anderson, Robert P ^a   Martínez Meyer, Enrique ^b,c  

^a DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conservation; Deforestation; Distribution; GIS; Range

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; RODENT;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

HETEROMYS; HETEROMYS AUSTRALIS; HETEROMYS TELEUS; LIOMYS;

EID: 0347597022     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(03)00187-3     Document Type: Article

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