Mapping current and potential distribution of non-native prosopis juliflorain the Afar region of Ethiopia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Wakie, Tewodros T ^a   Evangelista, Paul H ^a   Jarnevich, Catherine S ^b   Laituri, Melinda ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^b FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAST AFRICAN; ENTROPY; ETHIOPIA; HABITAT; INVASIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; PROSOPIS JULIFLORA; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSOPIS;

PROSOPIS;

ETHIOPIA; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PROSOPIS;

EID: 84911883691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112854     Document Type: Article

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