Novel Three-Step Pseudo-Absence Selection Technique for Improved Species Distribution Modelling

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Senay, Senait D ^a   Worner, Susan P ^a   Ikeda, Takayoshi ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AEDES ALBOPICTUS; ARTICLE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HABITAT; PREDICTION; PSEUDO ABSENCE SELECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM; WORM;

ANIMALS; CULICIDAE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84881489410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071218     Document Type: Article

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