Selecting thresholds for the prediction of species occurrence with presence-only data

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 778-789

  Liu, Canran ^a   White, Matt ^a   Newell, Graeme ^a  

^a ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Lift curve; Presence only; ROC curve; Sensitivity; Species distribution model; Specificity; Threshold

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHOD; PREDICTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; THRESHOLD;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 84875074028     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12058     Document Type: Article

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