The biogeography of prediction error: Why does the introduced range of the fire ant over-predict its native range?

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-33

  Fitzpatrick, Matthew C ^a   Weltzin, Jake F ^a   Sanders, Nathan J ^a   Dunn, Robert R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic envelope; Ecological niche models; Evolution; Future projections; Geographical distribution; Invasive; Niche conservatism; Solenopsis invicta; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

ANT; BIOGEOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INVASIVE SPECIES; NICHE; PREDICTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

SOLENOPSIS GEMINATA; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 33845638788     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2006.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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