Forecasting the distribution of Marmorkrebs, a parthenogenetic crayfish with high invasive potential, in Madagascar, Europe, and North America

Aquatic Invasions

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 55-67

  Feria, Teresa Patricia ^a   Faulkes, Zen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Marbled crayfish; MaxEnt; Procambarus fallax; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ASTACOIDEA; CAMBARID SP. AB-2002; PROCAMBARUS FALLAX;

EID: 80053933443     PISSN: 17986540     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3391/ai.2011.6.1.07     Document Type: Article

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