Predicting suitable environments and potential occurrences for coelacanths (Latimeria spp.)

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 577-587

  Owens, Hannah L ^a   Bentley, Andrew C ^a   Peterson, A Townsend ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological niche modeling; Latimeria chalumnae; Latimeria menadoensis; Potential distribution

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENTROPY; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NICHE; TELEOST;

GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDONESIA; SULAWESI; SUNDA ISLES;

COELACANTHIDAE; LATIMERIA; LATIMERIA CHALUMNAE; LATIMERIA MENADOENSIS;

EID: 84856282857     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-011-0202-1     Document Type: Article

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