Modelling potential distribution of the threatened tree species Juniperus oxycedrus: How to evaluate the predictions of different modelling approaches?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 647-659

  Rupprecht, Franziska ^a   Oldeland, Jens ^a   Finckh, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ecological factor analysis (ENFA); Generalized linear models (GLM); Juniperus oxycedrus; Maximum entropy approach (MAXENT); Minimal predicted area (MPA); Morocco; Presence only data; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MAXIMUM ENTROPY ANALYSIS; NICHE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ATLAS MOUNTAINS; HIGH ATLAS; MOROCCO;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS OXYCEDRUS;

EID: 79960075050     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01269.x     Document Type: Article

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