Geographic evaluation of conservation status of African forest squirrels (Sciuridae) considering land use change and climate change: The importance of point data

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 3939-3950

  Peterson, A Townsend ^a   Martínez Meyer, Enrique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Africa; Biodiversity conservation; Climate change; Ecological niche modeling; Resolution; Spatial scale; Squirrels

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION STATUS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDEMISM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; LAND USE CHANGE; RODENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AFRICA;

SCIURIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 36148970923     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9152-z     Document Type: Article

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