Using niche-based models to improve the sampling of rare species

Conservation Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 501-511

  Guisan, Antoine ^a   Broennimann, Olivier ^a   Engler, Robin ^a   Vust, Mathias ^a   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^b   Lehmann, Anthony ^d   Zimmermann, Niklaus E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

Efficiency; Endangered species; Eryngium alpinum; Habitat suitability maps; Population discovery; Predicted species distribution; Prospective sampling

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; NICHE; POPULATION ESTIMATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; SWITZERLAND;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SWITZERLAND;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

ERYNGIUM; ERYNGIUM ALPINUM;

EID: 33645110300     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00354.x     Document Type: Article

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