Improving the Quality of Distribution Models for Conservation by Addressing Shortcomings in the Field Collection of Training Data

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1601-1611

  Vaughan, I P ^a   Ormerod, S J ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analytical power; Distribution modeling; Environmental space; Model evaluation; Sampling scale; Species prediction

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0346735386     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2003.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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