Consequences of spatial autocorrelation for niche-based models

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 433-444

  Segurado, P ^a   Araujo M B ^b   Kunin, W E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AUC; Classification tree analysis; Freshwater turtles; Generalized additive models; Generalized linear models; Iberian Peninsula; Likelihood ratio statistics; Model validation; Toroidal shifts

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; NICHE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TURTLE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

TESTUDINES;

EID: 33646543702     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01162.x     Document Type: Article

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