A statistical assessment of population trends for data deficient Mexican amphibians

PeerJ

Volumn 2014, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Quintero, Esther ^a   Thessen, Anne E ^b,c   Arias Caballero, Paulina ^a   Ayala Orozco, Bárbara ^a  

^a Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad ^*  (Mexico)

^b The Data Detektiv   (United States)

^c RONIN INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Data harvest; Encyclopedia of life; IUCN categories; Mexican amphibians; Random forests; Statistical assessment

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CHYTRIDIOMYCOSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLUTCH SIZE; DESICCATION; HABITAT; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PREDICTION; RANDOM FOREST; SPECIES EXTINCTION;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 84928152048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.703     Document Type: Article

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