The effect of a gradual response to the environment on species distribution modeling performance

Ecography

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 499-509

  Meynard, Christine N ^a   Kaplan, David M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GRADUALISM; GUIDELINE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84861724653     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.07157.x     Document Type: Article

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