Predicting the impact of climate change on Australia's most endangered snake, Hoplocephalus bungaroides

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 109-118

  Penman, Trent D ^a   Pike, David A ^b   Webb, Jonathan K ^b   Shine, Richard ^b  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioclim; Bioclimatic envelope modelling; Geographical distribution; Maxent; Range contraction

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE MODELING; CLIMATE PREDICTION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE SIZE; SNAKE;

AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES;

HOPLOCEPHALUS BUNGAROIDES; SERPENTES;

EID: 74549176616     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2009.00619.x     Document Type: Article

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