From introduction to the establishment of alien species: Bioclimatic differences between presence and reproduction localities in the slider turtle

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 108-116

  Ficetola, Gentile Francesco ^a   Thuiller, Wilfried ^b   Padoa Schioppa, Emilio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic envelope; Biological invasions; Climate change; Fitness; MAXENT; Problematic alien species; Reproduction; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FIELD SURVEY; FITNESS; INVASIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR RADIATION; TURTLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA;

EID: 57349184776     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00516.x     Document Type: Article

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