Distribution models for koalas in South Australia using citizen science-collected data

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2103-2114

  Sequeira, Ana M M ^a,d   Roetman, Philip E J ^b   Daniels, Christopher B ^b   Baker, Andrew K ^c   Bradshaw, Corey J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Citizen science; Climate; Ecological niche models; Pseudo absence; Species distribution models; Temperature limitation; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901749849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1094     Document Type: Article

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