A probabilistic approach to niche-based community models for spatial forecasts of assemblage properties and their uncertainties

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1939-1946

  Pellissier, Loïc ^a,b   Espíndola, Anahí ^c   Pradervand, Jean Nicolas ^a   Dubuis, Anne ^a   Pottier, Julien ^a   Ferrier, Simon ^d   Guisan, Antoine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Elevation; Phylogenetic diversity; Species distribution models; Species richness; Stochasticity; Swiss Alps; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ELEVATION; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MAPPING; PHYLOGENETICS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STOCHASTICITY;

ALPS;

PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 84884729624     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12140     Document Type: Article

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