| Title | Modelling ecological niches from low numbers of occurrences: assessment of the conservation status of poorly known viverrids (Mammalia, Carnivora) across two continents |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2007 |
| Authors | Papes, M, Gaubert, P |
| Journal | Diversity and Distributions |
| Volume | 13 |
| Pagination | 890–902 |
| ISSN | 1366-9516 |
| Abstract | The conservation of poorly known species is difficult because of incomplete knowledge on their biology and distribution. We studied the contribution of two ecological niche modelling tools, the Genetic Algorithm for Rule-set Prediction (GARP) and maximum entropy (Maxent), in assessing potential ranges and distributional connectivity among 12 of the least known African and Asian viverrids. The level of agreement between GARP and Maxent predictions was low when |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00392.x |