Climate niche shift in invasive species: The case of the brown anole

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 943-954

  Angetter, Lea Su ^a   Lötters, Stefan ^a   Rödder, Dennis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^b ZOOLOGISCHES FORSCHUNGSMUSEUM ALEXANDER KOENIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anolis sagrei; Bioclimatic variables; Historical climate variation; Last glacial maximum; Maxent; Species distribution model

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GENETIC VARIATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE HISTORY; NICHE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING;

BAHAMAS; CUBA; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867101069     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2011.01780.x     Document Type: Article

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