Abstract
Although many studies have treated aspects of species geographical distributions and numerous approaches exist for understanding overall ecological correlates of distributions, software tools for exploring environmental correlates of distributional limits are relatively few. We focused on the challenge of understanding spatial correlates of distributional limits, and developed an extension to ARCVIEW that provides a simple, univariate test and visualization for such explorations. The 'Boundary U-test' seeks out environmental variables that show steep gradients associated with user-defined boundaries across geography. We illustrate the tool and its applications with an example of the likely historical distribution of Mexican wolf (Canis lupus).
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 275-278 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Diversity and Distributions |
Volume | 11 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jul 2005 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Canis lupus
- Distribution
- Environmental correlates
- Range limits
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics