Predictive modelling and ground validation of the spatial distribution of the New Zealand long-tailed bat (Chalinolobus tuberculatus)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 211-221

  Greaves, Glen J ^a   Mathieu, Renaud ^a   Seddon, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bat conservation; Chalinolobus tuberculatus; GIS modelling; Habitat selection; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

BAT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT SELECTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

CHALINOLOBUS TUBERCULATUS; MICROCHIROPTERA; NOTHOFAGUS;

EID: 33745332632     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.04.016     Document Type: Article

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