Modelling species distribution in complex environments: An evaluation of predictive ability and reliability in five shorebird species

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 266-279

  Heinänen, Stefan ^a   Von Numers, Mikael ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Archipelago; Conservation; Islands; MARS; Species distribution modelling; Waders

Indexed keywords

ARCHIPELAGO; CALIBRATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ISLAND; POPULATION DECLINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WADER;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ACTITIS HYPOLEUCOS; ARENARIA INTERPRES; CHARADRIUS HIATICULA; HAEMATOPUS OSTRALEGUS; LARIDAE; SCOLOPACIDAE; TRINGA TOTANUS;

EID: 60349088195     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00532.x     Document Type: Article

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