A high-resolution model of bat diversity and endemism for continental Africa

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 320, Issue , 2016, Pages 9-28

  Herkt, K Matthias B ^a,b   Barnikel, Günter ^a,e   Skidmore, Andrew K ^b   Fahr, Jakob ^a,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e Datenzentrale Baden Württemberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Africa; Chiroptera; Range size rarity; Spatial resolution; Species distribution modelling (SDM); Species richness

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MAMMALS;

AFRICA; CHIROPTERA; RANGE SIZE RARITY; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELLING; SPECIES RICHNESS;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

BAT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDEMISM; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; RANGE SIZE; RARITY; REGIONAL PATTERN; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EAST AFRICA; GUINEA;

CHIROPTERA; GABAZA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84942894721     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.09.009     Document Type: Article

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