Spatial regression methods capture prediction uncertainty in species distribution model projections through time

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 242-251

  Swanson, Alan K ^a   Dobrowski, Solomon Z ^a   Finley, Andrew O ^b   Thorne, James H ^c   Schwartz, Michael K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Climate change; Conservation planning; GLM; GLMM; Historic data; Species distribution models; Transferability; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; ERROR ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872153728     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2012.00794.x     Document Type: Article

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