Using species distribution models in paleobiogeography: A matter of data, predictors and concepts

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 310, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 451-463

  Varela, Sara ^a,b   Lobo, Jorge M ^b   Hortal, Joaquín ^a,c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bias in occurrence data; Biodiversity databases; Biogeography; Extinction; Fossil record; Geographic range dynamics; Grinnellian niche; Scenopoetic variables; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DATABASE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOSSIL RECORD; FUTURE PROSPECT; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOECOLOGY; RANGE SIZE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

GRINNELLIA;

EID: 80053131260     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.07.021     Document Type: Review

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