Calibration of hybrid species distribution models: The value of general-purpose vs. targeted monitoring data

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 977-989

  De Cáceres, Miquel ^a   Brotons, Lluís ^a,b,c  

^a Forest Science Center of Catalonia   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c Museu de Zoologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Bird atlas data; Hybrid SDM; Maximum likelihood optimization; Metapopulation dynamics; Range shifts

Indexed keywords

ATLAS; BENCHMARKING; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIRD; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOREST FIRE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HYBRID; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; METAPOPULATION; MODEL VALIDATION; RANGE EXPANSION; REGENERATION; WILDFIRE;

CATALONIA; SPAIN;

AVES;

EID: 84865866426     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2012.00899.x     Document Type: Article

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