Knowing the past to predict the future: Land-use change and the distribution of invasive bullfrogs

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 528-537

  Ficetola, Gentile Francesco ^a,b   Maiorano, Luigi ^c,d   Falcucci, Alessandra ^c   Dendoncker, Nicolas ^e   Boitani, Luigi ^c   Padoa Schioppa, Emilio ^a   Miaud, Claude ^b   Thuiller, Wilfried ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Alien invasive species; Amphibians; Future scenarios; Habitat suitability models; Invasion dynamics; Long term monitoring; Rana catesbeiana; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

ITALY;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 77954627713     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.01957.x     Document Type: Article

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