Scale effects in species distribution models: Implications for conservation planning under climate change

Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-43

  Seo, Changwan ^a   Thorne, James H ^b   Hannah, Lee ^c   Thuiller, Wilfried ^d  

^a University of Seoul   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

Author keywords

Global climate models; Grid size sensitivity analysis; Species range

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PROTECTED AREA; RANGE SIZE; SCALE EFFECT; SITE SELECTION;

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GLOBAL CLIMATE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREE; UNITED STATES;

BIODIVERSITY; CALIFORNIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); POPULATION DENSITY; TREES;

EID: 63249101978     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0476     Document Type: Article

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