Epistemic uncertainty in predicting shorebird biogeography affected by sea-level rise

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 240, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-15

  Convertino, Matteo ^a,b   Welle, Paul ^b,c,d   Muñoz Carpena, Rafael ^a   Kiker, Gregory A ^a   Chu Agor, Ma L ^a,e   Fischer, Richard A ^f   Linkov, Igor ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Epistemic uncertainty; Land cover; MaxEnt; Snowy Plover; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

EPISTEMIC UNCERTAINTIES; LAND COVER; MAXENT; SNOWY PLOVER; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELS;

CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION; ECOSYSTEMS; FORECASTING; LANDFORMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; LAND COVER; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RANGE EXPANSION; RESIDENT POPULATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WADER; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

BIG BEND; FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; GULF COAST [UNITED STATES]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS NIVOSUS;

EID: 84861679571     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.04.012     Document Type: Article

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