Ecological niche shifts and environmental space anisotropy: A cautionary note

Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1348-1355

  Soberón, Jorge ^a   Townsend Peterson, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological niche modeling; Environmental space; Existing niche; Fundamental niche; Realized niche; Species distribution modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855215612     PISSN: 18703453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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