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Institut de recherche pour la conservation des zones humides méditerranéennes

Titre :	Natural history collections and the conservation of poorly known taxa: Ecological niche modeling in central African rainforest genets (Genetta spp.)
Auteurs :	P. Gaubert, Auteur ; M. Papes, Auteur ; A. T. Peterson, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Biological Conservation (130(1) JUN 2006)
Article en page(s) :	106-117
Langues:	Anglais
Résumé :	Natural history collections are crucial resources for conservation biology, particularly given the development of the ecological niche modeling (ENM) approach. We combined ENM with taxonomic investigations to address ecological, geographic, and phenotypic variation in the poorly known central African rainforest genets (Genetta cristata, Genetta servalina, Genetta victoriae) to provide new insights into their conservation status. Taxonomic identification was based on four discrete morphological characters. ENMs were developed using the Genetic Algorithm for Rule-Set Prediction (GARP), 10 environmental data layers and 310 georeferenced localities extracted from 667 museum specimens and

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