A quantitative climate-match score for risk-assessment screening of reptile and amphibian introductions

Environmental Management

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 590-607

  Van Wilgen, Nicola J ^a   Roura Pascual, Núria ^a   Richardson, David M ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic envelope modeling; Biological invasions; California; Florida; GBIF; Generalized additive model; Herpetofauna; Invasive alien species; NatureServe; Species distribution modeling; Wild finder

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATIC ENVELOPE MODELING; BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS; CALIFORNIA; FLORIDA; GBIF; GENERALIZED ADDITIVE MODEL; HERPETOFAUNA; INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES; NATURESERVE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELING; WILD FINDER;

FORESTRY; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

AMPHIBIAN; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOREGION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; REPTILE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ACCURACY; AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHIC REGION; BIOME; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FAUNA; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPTILE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIANS; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FLORIDA; FORECASTING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPTILES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CALIFORNIA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 68849105553     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-009-9311-y     Document Type: Article

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