A GIS model predicting potential distributions of a lineage: A test case on hermit spiders (Nephilidae: Nephilengys)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Nǎpǎruş, Magdalena ^a,b   Kuntner, Matjaž ^a,c,d  

^a ANTON MELIK GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b Tular Cave Laboratory   (Slovenia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; LAND USE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NEPHILENGYS; NEPHILENGYS CRUENTATA; NEPHILENGYS LIVIDA; NEPHILENGYS MALABARENSIS; NEPHILENGYS PAPUANA; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPIDER; AFRICA; ANIMAL; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MADAGASCAR; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ARANEAE; NEPHILENGYS; NEPHILENGYS CRUENTATA; PAPUANA;

AFRICA; ANIMALS; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; BRAZIL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; MADAGASCAR; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPIDERS;

EID: 84855464759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030047     Document Type: Article

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