Biotic interactions improve prediction of boreal bird distributions at macro-scales

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 754-763

  Heikkinen, Risto K ^a   Luoto, Miska ^b   Virkkala, Raimo ^a   Pearson, Richard G ^c   Körber, Jan Hendrik ^b,d  

^a FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic envelope models; Biotic interactions; Bird atlas; Climate; Distribution; Land cover; Model validation; Species distribution modelling

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; CLIMATE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LAND COVER; MODELING; RAPTOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

AEGOLIUS FUNEREUS; AVES; PICIDAE; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 35348859799     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2007.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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