Modelling the potential geographic distribution of invasive ant species in New Zealand

Biological Invasions

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 723-735

  Ward, Darren F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

BIOCLIM; DOMAIN; Invasive ants; MAXENT; Species distribution modelling

Indexed keywords

ANT; CLIMATE VARIATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION MODELING; RANGE EXPANSION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 34547843508     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-006-9072-y     Document Type: Article

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