A visual method to identify significant latitudinal changes in species' distributions

Ecological Informatics

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages 74-84

  Stafford, Richard ^a   Hart, Adam G ^b   Goodenough, Anne E ^b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bootstrap; Climate change; Range shift; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONTRACTION; DATA ACQUISITION; HABITAT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEABIRD;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84876723391     PISSN: 15749541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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