The Use of Climatic Niches in Screening Procedures for Introduced Species to Evaluate Risk of Spread: A Case with the American Eastern Grey Squirrel

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Di Febbraro, Mirko ^a   Lurz, Peter W W ^b   Genovesi, Piero ^c   Maiorano, Luigi ^d   Girardello, Marco ^e   Bertolino, Sandro ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^b Randersacker ^*  (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND RESEARCH ISPRA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; HOME RANGE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIURUS; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES INTRODUCTION; SPECIES INVASION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; EUROPE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCIURIDAE; UNITED STATES;

SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 84879771662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066559     Document Type: Article

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