Estimating consensus and associated uncertainty between inherently different species distribution models

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 442-452

  Gritti, Emmanuel S ^a,b   Duputié, Anne ^a,c   Massol, Francois ^a,c   Chuine, Isabelle ^a  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b Fonctionnement et Conduite des Systémes de Cultures Tropicaux et Méditerranéens   (France)

^c UR EMAX   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Correlative distribution models; Environmental clustering of model errors; Fagus sylvatica; Likelihood; Model assessment; Pinus sylvestris; Process based distribution models; Quercus robur

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877919268     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12032     Document Type: Article

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