A GIS framework for the refinement of species geographic ranges

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-55

  Sangermano, Florencia ^a   Eastman, J Ronald ^a  

^a CLARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mahalanobis typicalities; species distribution modelling; species range polygons

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; HABITAT QUALITY; MAMMAL; MODEL VALIDATION; MODELING; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

SOUTH AMERICA;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84857248681     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2011.567987     Document Type: Article

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