Using a bioinspired model to determine the extinction risk of Calotriton asper populations as a result of an increase in extreme rainfall in a scenario of climatic change

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 281, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-14

  Colomer, M Àngels ^a   Montori, Albert ^b   García, Eder ^a   Fondevilla, Cristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Calotriton asper; Climate change; Dynamic population; PDP models; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; POPULATION STATISTICS; RAIN;

BIO-INSPIRED MODELS; CALOTRITON ASPER; CLIMATIC CHANGES; COEFFICIENT OF VARIATION; DYNAMIC POPULATION; EXTREME RAINFALL; HEAVY PRECIPITATION; POPULATION LEVELS;

RISK PERCEPTION;

AMPHIBIAN; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; EXTINCTION RISK; FLOODING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SIZE; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; TWENTY FIRST CENTURY;

EID: 84896116040     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.02.018     Document Type: Article

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