Commentary on Ditch, Stitch and Pitch: The niche is here to stay

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 414-417

  Soberón, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological niche models; Fundamental niche; Realized niche; Scenopoetic variables; Species distribution models; Transference of distributions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892509684     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12258     Document Type: Letter

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