Potential, realised, future distribution and environmental suitability for Pterocarpus angolensis DC in southern Africa

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 315, Issue , 2014, Pages 211-226

  De Cauwer, Vera ^a,b   Muys, Bart ^b   Revermann, Rasmus ^c   Trabucco, Antonio ^b,d  

^a NAMIBIA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Namibia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^d Euro Mediterranean Center on Climate Change   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ecological niche; Maxent; Pterocarpus angolensis; Southern Africa; Species distribution model

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL NICHE; MAXENT; PTEROCARPUS ANGOLENSIS; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELING;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEFORESTATION;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

CALIBRATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; ESTIMATION METHOD; GIS; GROWTH RATE; HARVESTING; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION MODELING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODLAND;

DEFORESTATION; ECOLOGY; PTEROCARPUS ANGOLENSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOUTHERN AFRICA;

AFRICA;

EID: 84893196523     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.12.032     Document Type: Article

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