An evaluation of the robustness of global amphibian range maps

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 211-221

  Ficetola, Gentile Francesco ^a   Rondinini, Carlo ^b   Bonardi, Anna ^a   Katariya, Vineet ^c   Padoa Schioppa, Emilio ^a   Angulo, Ariadne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c IUCN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alpha hulls; Amphibians; Conservation biogeography; Data quality; GBIF; Measurement error; Point data; Range size; Species distribution range; Wallacean shortfall

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; DATA QUALITY; DATA SET; ERROR ANALYSIS; MAPPING METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE SIZE;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

AMPHIBIA; GABAZA;

EID: 84892556912     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12206     Document Type: Article

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