Interspecific Competition and spatial Ecology of three Species of Vipers in Korea: An Application of Ecological niche-based Models and GIS
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Do, Min Seock
(Dept. of Biology, Kyung Hee University)
Lee, Jin-Won (Dept. of Biology, Kyung Hee University) Jang, Hoan-Jin (Dept. of National Environment Research, Basic Ecological Research Head Office, National Institute of Ecology) Kim, Dae-In (Dept. of National Environment Research, Basic Ecological Research Head Office, National Institute of Ecology) Yoo, Jeong-Chil (Dept. of Biology, Kyung Hee University) |
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