Ecological-niche factor analysis: How to compute habitat-suitability maps without absence data?

Ecology

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 2027-2036

  Hirzel, A H ^a   Hausser, J ^a   Chessel, D ^b   Perrin, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Capra ibex; Ecological niche; GIS; Habitat suitability; Marginality; Multivariate analysis; Presence absence data; Specialization; Species distribution; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

FACTOR ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT QUALITY; NICHE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

SWITZERLAND;

CAPRA IBEX;

EID: 0003337955     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2002)083[2027:ENFAHT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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