Basic questions in biogeography and the (Lack of) Simplicity of Species Distributions: Putting Species Distribution Models in the Right Place

Natureza a Conservacao

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 108-118

  Hortal, Joaquín ^a   Lobo, Jorge M ^a   Jiménez Valverde, Alberto ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Causality; Correlation; Environmental niche models; Extent; Historical effects; Model evaluation and validation; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875193506     PISSN: 16790073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4322/natcon.2012.029     Document Type: Article

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