The usefulness of elevation as a predictor variable in species distribution modelling

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 246, Issue C, 2012, Pages 86-90

  Hof, Anouschka R ^a,b   Jansson, Roland ^a   Nilsson, Christer ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Climate change; Elevation; Mammals; Plants; Species distribution modelling

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC INTERACTIONS; ELEVATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LARGE REGIONS; MAMMAL SPECIES; PLANTS; PREDICTOR VARIABLES; SMALL REGION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELLING; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELS; SPECIES RANGES;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEMS; MAMMALS;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FORECASTING METHOD; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MAMMAL; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING;

EUROPE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 84864925028     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.07.028     Document Type: Article

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