Identifying priority areas for conservation of spadefoot toad, Pelobates fuscus insubricus using a maximum entropy approach

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1427-1439

  Giovannini, Andrea ^a   Seglie, Daniele ^a   Giacoma, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Area selection methods; Distribution modelling; External validation; Reintroduction

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; MODEL VALIDATION; PIEDMONT; PRIORITIZATION; RARE SPECIES; REINTRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TOAD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; PELOBATES FUSCUS; PELOBATIDAE;

EID: 84900028335     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0674-x     Document Type: Article

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