Distribution of medium- to large-sized African mammals based on habitat suitability models

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 605-621

  Boitani, Luigi ^a   Sinibaldi, Iacopo ^b   Corsi, Fabio ^b   De Biase, Alessio ^a   Carranza, Ilaria D'Inzillo ^b   Ravagli, Maria ^b   Reggiani, Gabriella ^b   Rondinini, Carlo ^a   Trapanese, Patrizia ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Istituto Ecologia Applicata   (Italy)

Author keywords

African mammals; Area of occupancy; Extent of occurrence; Habitat suitability models; Model validation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LITERATURE REVIEW; MAMMAL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 43049161077     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-007-9285-0     Document Type: Article

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