Soil nutritional factors improve models of plant species distribution: An illustration with Acer campestre (L.) in France

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1750-1763

  Coudun, Christophe ^a,b   Gégout, Jean Claude ^a   Piedallu, Christian ^a   Rameau, Jean Claude ^a  

^a LERFoB   (France)

^b FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climatic variables; EcoPlant; Logistic regression; pH; Soil nutritional variables; Spatial autocorrelation; Species distribution modelling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DATA SET; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GIS; LOGISTICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

ACER; ACER CAMPESTRE;

EID: 33748533911     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01443.x     Document Type: Article

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