Measuring ecological niche overlap from occurrence and spatial environmental data

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 481-497

  Broennimann, Olivier ^a   Fitzpatrick, Matthew C ^b   Pearman, Peter B ^c   Petitpierre, Blaise ^a   Pellissier, Loïc ^a   Yoccoz, Nigel G ^d   Thuiller, Wilfried ^e   Fortin, Marie Josée ^f   Randin, Christophe ^g   Zimmermann, Niklaus E ^c   Graham, Catherine H ^h   Guisan, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITÉ JOSEPH FOURIER   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^h STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centaurea stoebe; Ecological niche model; Kernel density; Niche conservatism; Niche equivalency; Niche similarity; Ordination; Solenopsis invicta; Species distribution model; Virtual species

Indexed keywords

ANT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL CHANGE; INVASIVE SPECIES; NICHE OVERLAP; ORDINATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

CENTAUREA; CENTAUREA STOEBE; SOLENOPSIS; SOLENOPSIS INVICTA;

EID: 84858073352     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00698.x     Document Type: Article

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