Using climate variables to predict small mammal occurrence in hot, dry environments

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 741-753

  Haby, Nerissa A ^a   Foulkes, Jeff ^a   Brook, Barry W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate change; Rangelands; Scale; Small mammal; Species distribution model

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARID REGION; CLIMATE CHANGE; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; RAINFALL; RANGELAND; REFUGE; SMALL MAMMAL; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

AUSTRALIA;

ANTECHINOMYS LANIGER; DASYUROIDES BYRNEI; MAMMALIA; NOTOMYS CERVINUS;

EID: 84876072154     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-013-9859-z     Document Type: Article

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