Method selection for species distribution modelling: Are temporally or spatially independent evaluations necessary?

Ecography

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 792-802

  Roberts, David R ^a   Hamann, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HINDCASTING; PALEOECOLOGY; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; RECONSTRUCTION; REFUGIUM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84863436698     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2011.07147.x     Document Type: Article

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