Modeling potential geographical distribution of the wild nests of Melipona capixaba Moure & Camargo, 1994 (Hymenoptera, apidae): Conserving isolated populations in mountain habitats

Natureza a Conservacao

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-206

  Serra, Bruna Danielle Vieira ^a   De Marco Júnior, Paulo ^b   Nóbrega, Caroline Côrrea ^b   Campos, Lucio Antonio de Oliveira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Melipona capixaba; Mountain endemism; Restricted distribution; Species distribution modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875126718     PISSN: 16790073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4322/natcon.2012.027     Document Type: Article

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