The performance of range maps and species distribution models representing the geographic variation of species richness at different resolutions

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 935-944

  Pineda, Eduardo ^a,b   Lobo, Jorge M ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Amphibians; MaxEnt; Mexico; Range maps; Spatial scale; Species distribution models; Species richness patterns

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; CORRELATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; RANGE SIZE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

AMPHIBIA;

EID: 84865420983     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2011.00741.x     Document Type: Article

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