Do community-level models describe community variation effectively?

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1842-1850

  Baselga, Andrés ^a,b   Araújo, Miguel B ^a,c,d  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic envelope models; Biotic interactions; Community level modelling; Ecological niches; Europe; Species distribution modelling; Trees

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE EFFECT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; NICHE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TREE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

EID: 77957054915     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02341.x     Document Type: Article

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