Minimizing false-negatives when predicting the potential distribution of an invasive species: A bioclimatic envelope for the red-eared slider at global and regional scales

Animal Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 5-15

  Heidy Kikillus, K ^a   Hare, K M ^b   Hartley, S ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic model; Multimodel inference; Partial area under curve (pAUC); Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) statistics; Risk assessment; Trachemys scripta elegans

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; INVASIVE SPECIES; MODELING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSLOCATION; TURTLE;

NEW ZEALAND;

TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 77954124001     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2008.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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