Using ecological niche modelling to identify diversity hotspots for the herpetofauna of Pacific lowlands and adjacent interior valleys of Mexico

Biological Conservation

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 25-46

  García, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Balsas basin; Chiapas Depression; Conservation; Ecological modelling; Endemism, endangerment, species distribution patterns; Herpetofauna; Hotspots; Mexico; Natural protected areas; Pacific lowlands; Seasonally dry tropical dry forest ecoregions

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HERPETOFAUNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 33645024134     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.11.030     Document Type: Article

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