Modeling the potential distribution of sun bear in Krau wildlife reserve, Malaysia

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 20, Issue , 2014, Pages 27-32

  Nazeri, Mona ^a   Kumar, Lalit ^b   Jusoff, Kamaruzaman ^a   Bahaman, Abdul Rani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological Niche Factor Analysis; Habitat modeling; Habitat suitability; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

MARGINALIZATION; NICHE OVERLAP; SOFTWARE; SOIL TEXTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIALIZATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

KRAU WILDLIFE RESERVE; MALAYSIA; PAHANG; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84894055909     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.01.006     Document Type: Article

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