Methods and uncertainties in bioclimatic envelope modelling under climate change

Progress in Physical Geography

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 751-777

  Heikkinen, Risto K ^a   Luoto, Miska ^a   Araújo, Miguel B ^b,c   Virkkala, Raimo ^a   Thuiller, Wilfried ^c,d   Sykes, Martin T ^e  

^a Finnish Environment Institute Research Programme for Biodiversity   (Finland)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic model; Climate change; Land cover; Model performance; Modelling methods; Niche properties; Scale; Species distribution model; Species geography; Uncertainty; Validation

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; MODEL VALIDATION;

EID: 33748537148     PISSN: 03091333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0309133306071957     Document Type: Review

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