Modelling niche differentiation of co-existing, elusive and morphologically similar species: A case study of four macaque species in Nakai-Nam Theun National Protected Area, Laos

Animals

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-62

  Coudrat, Camille N Z ^a   Anne Isola Nekaris, K ^a  

^a OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arctoides; Assamensis; Camera trapping; Ecological niche modelling; Habitat suitability; Lao PDR; Leonina; MaxEnt; Mulatta; Predictive modelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879947992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20762615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ani3010045     Document Type: Article

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