Mapping potential distribution of slender loris subspecies in peninsular India

Endangered Species Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-38

  Kumara, Honnavalli N ^a   Irfan Ullah, Mohammed ^b,d   Kumar, Shanthala ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES   (India)

^b ASHOKA TRUST FOR RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (India)

^c Risk Management Solutions Inc ^*  (India)

^d Risk Management Solutions Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Desktop GARP; Ecological niche modeling; Loris lydekkerianus lydekkerianus; Loris lydekkerianus malabaricus; Primates; Western Ghats

Indexed keywords

GENETIC ALGORITHM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MAPPING METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; PRIMATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

LORIS LYDEKKERIANUS; LORIS LYDEKKERIANUS MALABARICUS; LORIS TARDIGRADUS; PRIMATES;

EID: 65549159597     PISSN: 18635407     EISSN: 16134796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/esr00185     Document Type: Article

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