Validation of species-climate impact models under climate change

Global Change Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1504-1513

  Araújo, Miguel B ^a,b,f   Pearson, Richard G ^a,c   Thuiller, Wilfried ^d   Erhard, Markus ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic envelope models; Breeding birds; Britain; Climate change; Model accuracy; Uncertainty; Validation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTINCTION RISK;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 24344464067     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.01000.x     Document Type: Article

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