Ecological niche modeling of customary medicinal plant species used by Australian Aborigines to identify species-rich and culturally valuable areas for conservation

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 222, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 3437-3443

  Gaikwad, Jitendra ^a   Wilson, Peter D ^a   Ranganathan, Shoba ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Australian Aborigines; Conservation areas; Cultural value; Customary medicinal plants; Ecological niche modeling; Species richness

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINES; CONSERVATION AREAS; CULTURAL VALUE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; MEDICINAL PLANTS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; MEDICINAL PLANT; NICHE PARTITIONING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80052960137     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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