Distribution of the common lizard (Zootoca vivipara) and landscape favourability for the species in Northern Ireland

Amphibia Reptilia

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 387-394

  Farren, Aodan ^a   Prodöhl, Paulo A ^a   Laming, Peter ^a   Reid, Neil ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biogeography; habitat suitability; Lacerta vivipara; maximum entropy; presence only modelling; species occurrence

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AFFORESTATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DUNE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENTROPY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HEATHLAND; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE; LIZARD; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 77954736321     PISSN: 01735373     EISSN: 15685381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853810791769428     Document Type: Article

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