Habitat modeling within a regional context: An example using gopher tortoise

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 335-351

  Baskaran, Latha M ^a   Dale, Virginia H ^a   Efroymson, Rebecca A ^a   Birkhead, William ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University System of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURROW; HABITAT; LAND COVER; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REPTILE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; TOPOGRAPHY;

FORT BENNING; GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GOPHERUS POLYPHEMUS;

EID: 33646258030     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2006)155[335:HMWARC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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