'Niche' or 'distribution' modelling? A response to Warren

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 191-192

  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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; LETTER; METHODOLOGY;

DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84875514111     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2013.01.007     Document Type: Letter

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