Modelling the distribution of a threatened habitat: The California sage scrub

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2176-2188

  Riordan, Erin C ^a   Rundel, Philip W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic envelope models; California; Climate; Discriminant analysis; Floristic group; Maxent; Sage scrub; Species distribution modelling

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FLORISTICS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT TYPE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NICHE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

SALVIA COLUMBARIAE COLUMBARIAE;

EID: 70350131343     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02151.x     Document Type: Article

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