Geographical distribution of two species of mesobuthus (scorpiones, buthidae) in china: insights from systematic field surveys and predictive models

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 215-226

  Shi, Cheng Min ^a,b   Huang, Zu Shi ^a,b   Wang, Lei ^a,b   He, Li Jun ^a,b   Hua, Yue Ping ^a,b   Leng, Liang ^a,b   Zhang, De Xing ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Contact zone; Ecological niche modeling; Mesobuthus eupeus; Mesobuthus martensii

Indexed keywords

BUTHIDAE; MESOBUTHUS; MESOBUTHUS EUPEUS; MESOBUTHUS MARTENSII; SCORPIONES;

EID: 35349013199     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/T06-20.1     Document Type: Article

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