Downscaling of species distribution models: A hierarchical approach

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 82-94

  Keil, Petr ^a,b   Belmaker, Jonathan ^a,c   Wilson, Adam M ^a   Unitt, Philip ^d   Jetz, Walter ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d SAN DIEGO NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

AUC; Birds; California; Fractal; Logit; Niche modelling; Realized niche; San Diego; SDM; Spatial scale

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 84872977767     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210x.2012.00264.x     Document Type: Article

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