Use of niche models in invasive species risk assessments

Biological Invasions

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2785-2797

  Jimenez Valverde A ^a,b   Peterson, A T ^a   Soberon J ^a   Overton, J M ^c   Aragon P ^d   Lobo, J M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological invasions; Model validation; Occurrence data; Potential distribution models

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DATA SET; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE; NICHE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EID: 80255140289     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-9963-4     Document Type: Article

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