Applying various algorithms for species distribution modelling

Integrative Zoology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 124-135

  Li, Xinhai ^a   Wang, Yuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Machine learning; Model formulation; Model selection; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION TREE; DEMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECISION TREES; DEMOGRAPHY; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84884378186     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17494877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1749-4877.12000     Document Type: Review

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