What parts of the US mainland are climatically suitable for invasive alien pythons spreading from Everglades National Park?

Biological Invasions

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 241-252

  Rodda, Gordon H ^a   Jarnevich, Catherine S ^a   Reed, Robert N ^a  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Burmese Python; Climate matching; Florida Everglades; Geographic range; Invasive species; Precipitation; Python molurus; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CLIMATE EFFECT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HIBERNATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RANGE SIZE; SNAKE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VULNERABILITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PYTHON MOLURUS; PYTHON MOLURUS BIVITTATUS; PYTHONIDAE;

EID: 58349111722     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-008-9228-z     Document Type: Article

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