Modelling geographic patterns of population density of the white-tailed deer in central Mexico by implementing ecological niche theory

Oikos

Volumn 121, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2081-2089

  Yañez Arenas, Carlos ^a   Martínez Meyer, Enrique ^b   Mandujano, Salvador ^a   Rojas Soto, Octavio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BOOTSTRAPPING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA ASSIMILATION; DEER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; NICHE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PIXEL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MODELING; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

BALSAS RIVER; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PUEBLA [MEXICO]; TEHUACAN VALLEY;

EUCLIDIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 84869866516     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20350.x     Document Type: Article

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