Prospective sampling based on model ensembles improves the detection of rare species

Ecography

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1015-1027

  Le Lay, Gwenaëlle ^a,b   Engler, Robin ^a,b   Franc, Erika ^a,b   Guisan, Antoine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; DESIGN; DETECTION METHOD; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RARE SPECIES; SAMPLING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

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EID: 78650325189     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2010.06338.x     Document Type: Article

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