New measures for assessing model equilibrium and prediction mismatch in species distribution models

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1333-1338

  Marcia Barbosa A ^a,b   Real, Raimundo ^c   Muñoz, A Román ^c,d   Brown, Jennifer A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^d Fundación Migres Ctra N 340   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Commission; Distribution equilibrium; Model evaluation; Omission; Over prediction; Prediction error; Predictive performance; Under prediction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883657008     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12100     Document Type: Letter

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