The importance of correcting for sampling bias in MaxEnt species distribution models

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1366-1379

  Kramer Schadt, Stephanie ^a   Niedballa, Jürgen ^a   Pilgrim, John D ^b   Schröder, Boris ^c,d   Lindenborn, Jana ^a   Reinfelder, Vanessa ^a   Stillfried, Milena ^a   Heckmann, Ilja ^a   Scharf, Anne K ^a   Augeri, Dave M ^e,f   Cheyne, Susan M ^g,h   Hearn, Andrew J ^g   Ross, Joanna ^g   Macdonald, David W ^g   Mathai, John ^i,s   Eaton, James ^j   Marshall, Andrew J ^k   Semiadi, Gono ^l   Rustam, Rustam ^m   Bernard, Henry ⁿ   Alfred, Raymond ^o   Samejima, Hiromitsu ^p   Duckworth, J W ^j   Breitenmoser Wuersten, Christine ^q   Belant, Jerrold L ^r   Hofer, Heribert ^a   Wilting, Andreas ^a   more..

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b The Biodiversity Consultancy   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e Colorado State University ^*  (United States)

^f Craighead Institute   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^h Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project   (Indonesia)

ⁱ WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Malaysia)

^j University of California ^*  (United Kingdom)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

^m MULAWARMAN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

ⁿ UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^o Borneo Conservation Trust   (Malaysia)

^p KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^q IUCN SSC Cat Specialist Group c o KORA   (Switzerland)

^r MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SARAWAK   (Malaysia)

more..

Author keywords

Borneo; Carnivora; Conservation planning; Ecological niche modelling; Maximum entropy (MaxEnt); Sampling bias; Southeast Asia; Species distribution modelling; Viverridae

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CARNIVORA; VIVERRA TANGALUNGA; VIVERRIDAE;

EID: 84885370851     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12096     Document Type: Article

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