Modelling the distribution of the Boid snakes, Epicrates cenchria alvarezi and Boa constrictor occidentalis in the Gran Chaco (South America)

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 299-310

  Di Cola, Valeria ^a   Cardozo, Gabriela ^a   Lanfri, Mario ^b   Scavuzzo, Carlos Marcelo ^b   Chiaraviglio, Margarita ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Exactas Físicas y Naturales   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Boidae; Conservation; GIS analysis; Logistic regression analysis; Modelling distribution

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; NDVI; SNAKE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VIVIPARITY;

GRAN CHACO; SOUTH AMERICA;

BOA CONSTRICTOR; BOIDAE; EPICRATES CENCHRIA; SERPENTES;

EID: 49049111497     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853808785112138     Document Type: Article

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