Downscaling European species atlas distributions to a finer resolution: Implications for conservation planning

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 17-30

  Araujo, Miguel B ^a,b,c,e   Thuiller, Wilfried ^a,b   Williams, Paul H ^c   Reginster, Isabelle ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complementarity; Distribution atlas; Downscaling; Generalized additive models; Interpolation; Rarity hotspots; Reserve selection; Richness hotspots; ROC curve

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION PLANNING; DOWNSCALING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WORLD;

AVES; PASSERIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 12444275667     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2004.00128.x     Document Type: Article

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