The ghost of past species occurrence: Improving species distribution models for presence-only data

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 802-815

  Lütolf, Michael ^a,b   Kienast, Felix ^a   Guisan, Antoine ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Generalized linear model; Historical species data; Model performance; Predictive species distribution model

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; HISTORICAL RECORD; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; REINTRODUCTION; SNAKE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; SURVIVAL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

COENONYMPHA TULLIA; MACULINEA TELEIUS; MELITAEA DIDYMA; PAPILIONOIDEA; SERPENTES;

EID: 33745684916     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2006.01191.x     Document Type: Article

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