New approach for modeling climatic data with applications in modeling tree species distributions in the states of Jalisco and Colima, Mexico

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1343-1357

  Reich, R M ^a   Aguirre Bravo, C ^b   Bravo, V A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate zones; Cross validation; Error estimation variance; Species distribution models; Topical dry forests

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE MODELING; DRY FOREST; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EVAPORATION; GIS; LAND USE PLANNING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); SATELLITE IMAGERY; TOPOGRAPHY; TREE; TROPICAL FOREST;

COLIMA; JALISCO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 43849102379     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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