Fine-scale regional distribution modelling of rare and threatened species: Bridging GIS Tools and conservation in practice

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 651-663

  Lyet, Arnaud ^a,b,c   Thuiller, Wilfried ^d   Cheylan, Marc ^a   Besnard, Aurélien ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b Conservatoire d'Espaces Naturels de Provence Alpes du Sud ^*  (France)

^c WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Conservation; Habitat suitability modelling; Hypothetical forest cutting; Snake; Vipera ursinii

Indexed keywords

BASELINE CONDITIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; GIS; HABITAT RESTORATION; HABITAT SELECTION; RARE SPECIES; SNAKE; VEGETATION COVER; VULNERABILITY;

FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR;

SERPENTES; VIPERA; VIPERA URSINII; VIPERIDAE; VIPERINAE;

EID: 84879156598     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12037     Document Type: Article

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