Species distribution models that do not incorporate global data misrepresent potential distributions: A case study using Iberian diving beetles

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 163-171

  Sánchez Fernández, David ^a   Lobo, Jorge M ^a   Hernández Manrique, Olga Lucía ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad CIBIO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dytiscidae; Iberian Peninsula; Potential distribution; Species distribution models; Water beetles

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

IBERIAN PENINSULA;

COLEOPTERA; DYTISCIDAE; HYGROBIIDAE;

EID: 78650005075     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2010.00716.x     Document Type: Article

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