Global invasive potential of the house crow Corvus splendens based on ecological niche modelling

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 306-311

  Nyári, Árpád ^a   Ryall, Colin ^b   Townsend Peterson, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; INVASIBILITY; NICHE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY;

AFRICA; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AFRICA; CENTRAL AMERICA; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

CORVUS SPLENDENS;

EID: 33748751782     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0908-8857.03686.x     Document Type: Article

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