Mojave Ground Squirrel Historic Habitat and Envrionmental Variables

Mar 29, 2013
Uploaded by Ken Nussear
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Habitat suitability model for the Mojave Ground Squirrel conducted on behalf of the California Energy Commission by the United States Geological Survey, Western Research Ecological Center, Las Vegas Field Station as a project through the California Energy Commission (Contract reference: CEC Agreement 50010027). 

These data cover 5 counties (Inyo, Kern, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles) in California and were generated using a maximum entropy (MaxEnt, v3.3.3e) approach.
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United States Geological Survey
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1975, 2010, 1980, 2010, 2000, 2010
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Inman RD, Esque TC, Nussear KE, Leitner P and others (2013) Is there room for all of us? Renewable energy and Xerospermophilus mohavensis. Endang Species Res 20:1-18
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United States Geological Survey
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Creative Commons LicenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
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About the Uploader

Ken Nussear
Assistant Professor with University of Nevada, Reno

I conduct research related to the conservation of desert tortoises and other species in desert ecosystems in the Southwest. Much of my work occurs on a broad spectrum of federal lands managed by the DOD, BLM, USFWS, and NPS. Primary research topics relating to tortoises include responses to...