Pitch the niche - taking responsibility for the concepts we use in ecology and species distribution modelling

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2112-2118

  Mcinerny, Greg J ^a,b   Etienne, Rampal S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Distribution; Environment; Fundamental niche; Model; Model selection; Niche concept; Policy; Range; Realized niche; Species

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; NICHE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84869850672     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12031     Document Type: Article

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