Modeling distributions of rare plants in the Great Basin, western North America

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 26-38

  Aitken, M ^a,b   Roberts, D W ^a,c   Shultz, L M ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Umatilla National Forest   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classification tree; Endemic species; Great Basin; Habitat prediction; Predictive model; Rare plant species

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247573849     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2007)67[26:MDORPI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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