Landscape scale species distribution modeling across the Guiana Shield to inform conservation decision making in Guyana

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1931-1948

  McPherson, Tsitsi Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Conservation; Guyana (Guiana Shield); Indigenous peoples; MaxEnt; Protected areas; Species distribution modeling (SDM)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECISION MAKING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; PLANT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROTECTED AREA; TYPE SPECIMEN;

GUYANA SHIELD;

AMPHIBIA; AVES; FILICOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SPERMATOPHYTA;

EID: 84903122574     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-014-0696-4     Document Type: Article

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