Predicting the distribution of Sasquatch in western North America: Anything goes with ecological niche modelling

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1623-1627

  Lozier, J D ^a   Aniello, P ^b   Hickerson, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b ESRI   (United States)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bigfoot; Biodiversity informatics; Climate change; Ecological niche models; North America; Sasquatch; Species distributions; Ursus americanus

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOINFORMATICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DATABASE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NICHE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRIMATE; SOFTWARE; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA;

URSUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 69249191534     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02152.x     Document Type: Review

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