Which environmental variables should I use in my biodiversity model?

International Journal of Geographical Information Science

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2009-2047

  Williams, Kristen J ^a   Belbin, Lee ^b   Austin, Michael P ^a   Stein, Janet L ^c   Ferrier, Simon ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b Atlas of Living Australia   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

association analysis; Atlas of Living Australia; classification; environmental variables; generalised dissimilarity modelling; guidelines; MaxEnt; species distribution modelling

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GRADIENT ANALYSIS; GUIDELINE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; PREDICTION; VASCULAR PLANT;

AUSTRALIA;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84867849849     PISSN: 13658816     EISSN: 13623087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2012.698015     Document Type: Article

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