How does selection of climate variables affect predictions of species distributions? A case study of three new weeds in New Zealand

Weed Research

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 259-268

  Sheppard, C S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic variable; Ecological niche model; Maxent; New environment; Plant invasion; Species distribution model

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; MONOCOTYLEDON; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SHRUB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WEED;

NEW ZEALAND;

ARCHONTOPHOENIX; PSIDIUM; PSIDIUM GUAJAVA; SCHEFFLERA ACTINOPHYLLA;

EID: 84879890937     PISSN: 00431737     EISSN: 13653180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/wre.12021     Document Type: Article

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