A critical assessment of two species distribution models: A case study of the vervet monkey (Cercopithecus aethiops)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2300-2312

  Willems, Erik P ^a   Hill, Russell A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; Cercopithecidae; Cercopithecus aethiops; Maximum entropy model; NDVI; Species distribution modelling; Time budget model; Vervet monkey

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MODEL TEST; MODEL VALIDATION; NDVI; POPULATION MODELING; PRIMATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

CERCOPITHECIDAE; CERCOPITHECUS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 70449724739     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02166.x     Document Type: Article

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