Climate change and peripheral populations: predictions for a relict Mediterranean viper
Ecological niche-based models were developed in peripheral populations of Vipera latastei North Africa to: 1) identify environmental factors related to species occurrence; 2) identify present suitable areas; 3) estimate future areas according to forecasted scenarios of climate change; and 4) quantif...
Main Authors: | José C. Brito, Soumia Fahd, Fernando Martínez-Freiría, Pedro Tarroso, Said Larbes, Juan M. Pleguezuelos, Xavier Santos |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Firenze University Press
2011-06-01
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Series: | Acta Herpetologica |
Online Access: | https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/ah/article/view/1616 |
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