The difficulty of using species distribution modelling for the conservation of refugee species - the example of European bison

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1253-1257

  Cromsigt, Joris P G M ^a,b   Kerley, Graham I H ^b,c   Kowalczyk, Rafał ^c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bison bonasus; Conservation biogeography; Habitat suitability modelling; Mechanistic niche modelling; Refugee species concept; Species re introduction programs

Indexed keywords

BISON BONASUS;

EID: 84868582065     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00927.x     Document Type: Letter

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