Geographical patterns in prediction errors of species distribution models

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 779-788

  Hanspach, Jan ^a   Kühn, Ingolf ^a   Schweiger, Oliver ^a   Pompe, Sven ^a,b   Klotz, Stefan ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Commission; Europe; False absence rate; False presence rate; Omission; Species distribution models; Validation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; LAND USE; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDICTION;

ALPS; EASTERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 79961208544     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00649.x     Document Type: Article

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