The transferability of distribution models across regions: An amphibian case study

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 469-480

  Zanini, Flavio ^a,b,c   Pellet, Jérôme ^d,e   Schmidt, Benedikt R ^f,g  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c Drosera SA   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e A Maibach Sàrl ^*  (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g KARCH Switzerland   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Anuran; Bufo; Connectivity; Conservation; Hyla; Model selection; Model transferability; Newt; Occupancy; Predictive distribution model; Presence absence; Rana; Spatial scale; Triturus

Indexed keywords

AKAIKE INFORMATION CRITERION; AMPHIBIAN; BREEDING SITE; BUFFER ZONE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; METAPOPULATION; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; POND; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; BUFO; HYLA; SALAMANDRIDAE; SALAMANDROIDEA; TRITURUS;

EID: 62949083890     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00556.x     Document Type: Article

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