Potential distribution of the alien invasive brown tree snake, boiga irregularis (Rreptilia: Colubridae)

Pacific Science

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-22

  Rdder, Dennis ^a,b   Ltters, Stefan ^b  

^a ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; INTRODUCED SPECIES; INVASIBILITY; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SNAKE; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

FIJI; GUAM; HAWAII [(ISL) HAWAIIAN ISLANDS]; HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; HAWAIIAN ISLANDS; MARIANA ISLANDS; UNITED STATES;

BOIGA IRREGULARIS; COLUBRIDAE;

EID: 77952656600     PISSN: 00308870     EISSN: 15346188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2984/64.1.011     Document Type: Article

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