Effects of geographical data sampling bias on habitat models of species distributions: A case study with steppe birds in southern Portugal

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 439-454

  Leitão, Pedro J ^a,b,c   Moreiraa, Francisco ^a   Osborned, Patrick E ^d  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Data sampling; Environmental bias; Geographical bias; Habitat models; Species distribution models; Steppe birds

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NATURE CONSERVATION; NATURE RESERVE; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING BIAS; SPATIAL DATA; STEPPE;

PORTUGAL;

AVES;

EID: 79957585520     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2010.531020     Document Type: Article

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