Do pseudo-absence selection strategies influence species distribution models and their predictions? An information-theoretic approach based on simulated data

BMC Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Wisz, Mary S ^a   Guisan, Antoine ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 65649090595     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-9-8     Document Type: Article

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