A PCA-based modelling technique for predicting environmental suitability for organisms from presence records

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 7, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 15-27

  Robertson, M P ^a,b   Caithness, N ^a,b   Villet, M H ^a,b  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic modelling; Biological invasions; Lantana camara; Potential distribution; Principal components analysis; Ricinus communis; Solanum mauritianum

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EID: 0034952326     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-4642.2001.00094.x     Document Type: Article

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