Uncertainty in ensemble forecasting of species distribution

Global Change Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1145-1157

  Buisson, Laëtitia ^a,b   Thuiller, Wilfried ^c   Casajus, Nicolas ^d   Lek, Sovan ^a   Grenouillet, GaëL ^a  

^a École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^b Université de Toulouse   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ensemble forecasting; Environmental gradient; Spatial autocorrelation; Species distribution; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FISH; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MODELING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 77950225646     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2009.02000.x     Document Type: Article

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