Correlation and process in species distribution models: Bridging a dichotomy

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2119-2131

  Dormann, Carsten F ^a,b   Schymanski, Stanislaus J ^c,d   Cabral, Juliano ^e   Chuine, Isabelle ^f   Graham, Catherine ^g   Hartig, Florian ^a   Kearney, Michael ^h   Morin, Xavier ^d   Römermann, Christine ^i,j   Schröder, Boris ^k,l   Singer, Alexander ^g  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e Macroecology and Conservation Biogeography   (Germany)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

ⁱ GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^l TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Hypothesis generation; Mechanistic model; Parameterization; Process based model; SDM; Species distribution model; Uncertainty; Validation

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; ERROR ANALYSIS; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84869814096     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02659.x     Document Type: Article

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