Predicting species spatial distributions using presence-only data: A case study of native New Zealand ferns

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 157, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 261-280

  Zaniewski, A Elizabeth ^a   Lehmann, Anthony ^a   Overton, Jacob McC ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biodiversity hotspots; ENFA; GAM; New Zealand ferns; Presence only data; Spatial predictions

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FERN; PREDICTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

NEW ZEALAND;

FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 0037202451     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(02)00199-0     Document Type: Article

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