Habitat suitability of patch types: A case study of the Yosemite toad

Frontiers of Earth Science

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 217-228

  Liang, Christina T ^a,b   Stohlgren, Thomas J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaxyrus canorus; Bufo canorus; habitat patch; Maxent; patchy populations; species distribution models; Yosemite toad

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT STRUCTURE; PATCH DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TOAD;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857649430     PISSN: 20950195     EISSN: 20950209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11707-011-0157-2     Document Type: Article

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