Biotic interactions influence the projected distribution of a specialist mammal under climate change

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 861-872

  Bateman, Brooke L ^a   Vanderwal, Jeremy ^a   Williams, Stephen E ^a   Johnson, Christopher N ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bettongia tropica; Biotic interactions; Climate change; Maxent; Model comparison; Species distribution model

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; GLOBAL WARMING; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; PREDICTION; SPECIALIST;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

BETTONGIA TROPICA; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA;

EID: 84864959774     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00922.x     Document Type: Article

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