Testing the ability of topoclimatic grids of extreme temperatures to explain the distribution of the endangered brush-tailed rock-wallaby (Petrogale penicillata)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1402-1413

  Ashcroft, Michael B ^a,b   Cavanagh, Mike ^c   Eldridge, Mark D B ^a   Gollan, John R ^a,d  

^a AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behavioural adaptation; Climate refuges; Cold air drainage; Ecological niche model; Minimum temperatures; Physiologically sensitive; Predictor selection; Regional scale; Species distribution model; Topoclimate

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTREME EVENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MARSUPIAL; NICHE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; REFUGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALIA; HUNTER VALLEY; NEW SOUTH WALES;

PETROGALE; PETROGALE PENICILLATA;

EID: 84902332379     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12298     Document Type: Article

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