Predicting the occurrence of rare mollusks in Northern California forests

Ecological Applications

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 713-729

  Dunk, Jeffrey R ^a,b   Zielinski, William J ^a   Preisler, Haiganoush K ^a  

^a PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancotrema; California; Forest; Generalized additive model; Geographic range; Habitat association; Helminthoglypta; Mollusk; Monadenia; Northwest Forest Plan; Predictive model

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT SELECTION; MOLLUSC; PREDICTION; RANGE SIZE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANCOTREMA; ANCOTREMA VOYANUM; GASTROPODA; HAPLOTREMATIDAE; HELMINTHOGLYPTA; HELMINTHOGLYPTA TALMADGEI; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; MONADENIA CHURCHI; MONADENIA FIDELIS; XANTHONYCHIDAE;

EID: 8144227186     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-5322     Document Type: Article

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