Deriving the species richness distribution of Geotrupinae (Coleoptera: Scarabaeoidea) in Mexico from the overlap of individual model predictions

Environmental Entomology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-49

  Trotta Moreu, Nuria ^a   Lobo, Jorge M ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Geotrupinae; Mexico; Predictive distribution models; Species richness distribution

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATABASE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; THRESHOLD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BEETLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EVALUATION; MEXICO;

ANIMALS; BEETLES; BIODIVERSITY; MEXICO; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

COLEOPTERA; SCARABAEOIDEA;

EID: 76649085531     PISSN: 0046225X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/EN08179     Document Type: Article

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