Modelling the partially unknown distribution of wall lizards (Podarcis) in North Africa: Ecological affinities, potential areas of occurrence, and methodological constraints

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 992-1001

  Kaliontzopoulou, A ^a,b   Brito, J C ^a   Carretero, M A ^a   Larbes, S ^a,c   Harris, D J ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ MOULOUD MAMMERI   (Algeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LIZARD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA;

PODARCIS; SQUAMATA;

EID: 51649097930     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/Z08-078     Document Type: Article

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