Predicting the distribution of the Asian tapir in Peninsular Malaysia using maximum entropy modeling

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 400-406

  Clements, Gopalasamy Reuben ^a,b   Rayan, D Mark ^c,d   Aziz, Sheema Abdul ^c   Kawanishi, Kae ^e   Traeholt, Carl ^f   Magintan, David ^f   Yazi, Muhammad Fadlli Abdul ^g   Tingley, Reid ^h  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c WWF Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^e Malaysian Conservation Alliance for Tigers (MYCAT)   (Malaysia)

^f CENTER FOR ZOO AND WILD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Denmark)

^g Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia ^*  (Malaysia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological niche; IUCN; Malayan tapir; Mammal; MaxEnt; Species distribution model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; MALAYSIA; METHODOLOGY; PERISSODACTYLA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CLIMATE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHY; MALAYSIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERISSODACTYLA;

EID: 84877900508     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-4877.2012.00314.x     Document Type: Article

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