Ecological niche modelling as an exploratory tool for identifying species limits: An example based on Mexican muroid rodents

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 259-270

  Martinez Gordillo D ^a   Rojas Soto, O ^a   Espinosa De Los Monteros, A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ecological niche modelling; Ecological units; GARP; Historical units; Muridae; Phylogenetic niche conservatism

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NATURAL SELECTION; NICHE; PHYLOGENETICS; RODENT; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TAXONOMY;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; MEXICO; MURIDAE;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; MEXICO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MURIDAE;

MURIDAE; MUROIDEA; RODENTIA;

EID: 74349117835     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: 14209101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01897.x     Document Type: Article

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