Probabilistic accounting of uncertainty in forecasts of species distributions under climate change

Global Change Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3343-3354

  Wenger, Seth J ^a   Som, Nicholas A ^b   Dauwalter, Daniel C ^a   Isaak, Daniel J ^c   Neville, Helen M ^b   Luce, Charles H ^c   Dunham, Jason B ^d   Young, Michael K ^e   Fausch, Kurt D ^f   Rieman, Bruce E ^e  

^a Trout Unlimited   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^f Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Bull trout; Ensemble; generalized linear model; Model uncertainty; Salvelinus confluentus; Species distribution model; Suitable habitat

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALMONID; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COLUMBIA BASIN; UNITED STATES;

SALMONIDAE; SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BULL TROUT; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENSEMBLE; FORECASTING; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; MODEL UNCERTAINTY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SALMONID; SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODEL; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUITABLE HABITAT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNCERTAINTY; UNITED STATES;

BULL TROUT; ENSEMBLE; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODEL; MODEL UNCERTAINTY; SALVELINUS CONFLUENTUS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODEL; SUITABLE HABITAT;

ANIMALS; CLIMATE CHANGE; DEMOGRAPHY; FORECASTING; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; SALMONIDAE; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84885424761     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12294     Document Type: Article

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