The use of spatial ecological modelling as a tool for improving the assessment of geographic range size of threatened species

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-55

  Attorre, Fabio ^a   De Sanctis, Michele ^a   Farcomeni, Alessio ^a   Guillet, Alfredo ^b   Scepi, Edoardo ^a   Vitale, Marcello ^a   Pella, Francesca ^c   Fasola, Mauro ^c  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Central Technical Unit   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Area of occupancy; Extent of occurrence; Random Forest; Red List Criteria; Socotra; Suitability maps

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDEMIC SPECIES; RANGE SIZE; RED LIST; REPTILE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TREE;

HADRAMAWT; SOCOTRA; YEMEN;

REPTILIA;

EID: 84875398566     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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