Comparative assessment of different methods for using land-cover variables for distribution modelling of Salamandra salamandra longirotris

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-59

  Romero, David ^a   Olivero, Jesús ^a   Real, Raimundo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

class surface area; distance to class; environmental favourability models; habitat fragmentation; Keywords: class presence; land cover variables

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE TO CLASS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; KEYWORDS: CLASS PRESENCE; LAND COVER; SURFACE AREA;

CONSERVATION; LANDFORMS;

MULTIVARIABLE SYSTEMS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AMPHIBIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND COVER; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; PASTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURFACE AREA;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

AMPHIBIA; SALAMANDRA SALAMANDRA;

EID: 84873350773     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892912000227     Document Type: Article

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