Is the climate right for pleistocene rewilding? using species distribution models to extrapolate climatic suitability for mammals across continents

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Richmond, Orien M W ^a   McEntee, Jay P ^b   Hijmans, Robert J ^c   Brashares, Justin S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHEETAH; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANT; HOME RANGE; LION; MACHINE LEARNING; MAMMAL; NATIVE SPECIES; NATURAL POPULATION; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; ORYX GAZELLA; PLEISTOCENE; PREDICTION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; METEOROLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACINONYX JUBATUS; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; MAMMALIA; ORYX; ORYX GAZELLA;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; MAMMALS; METEOROLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 77958484661     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012899     Document Type: Article

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