Predicting species distributions: A critical comparison of the most common statistical models using artificial species

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1455-1469

  Meynard, Christine N ^a,b   Quinn, James F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial species; Classification trees; Conservation biogeography; GAM; GARP; GLM; Species distribution modelling

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; LANDSCAPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447638499     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01720.x     Document Type: Article

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