Predicting occupancy for pygmy rabbits in wyoming: An independent evaluation of two species distributionmodels

Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 298-314

  Germaine, Steve ^a   Ignizio, Drew ^a   Keinath, Doug ^b   Copeland, Holly ^c  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b Wyoming Natural Diversity Database   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachylagus idahoensis; Classification success; Energy development; Independent evaluation; Species distribution model; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

BRACHYLAGUS; BRACHYLAGUS IDAHOENSIS;

EID: 84915791219     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1944687X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3996/022014-JFWM-016     Document Type: Article

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