The predictive performance and stability of six species distribution models

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Ren Yan, Duan ^a   Xiao Quan, Kong ^a   Min Yi, Huang ^a   Wei Yi, Fan ^b   Zhi Gao, Wang ^a  

^a ANQING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHAANXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC CARBON;

ALGORITHM; ALTITUDE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BETULA PLATYPHYLLA; BIOCLIM; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; DOMAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; ISOTHERM; KAPPA STATISTICS; MAHALANOBIS DISTANCE; MAXIMUM ENTROPY; NONHUMAN; PINUS MASSONIANA; POPULATION DENSITY; PRECIPITATION; QUERCUS MONGOLICA; QUERCUS VARIABILIS; QUERCUS WUTAISHANICA; RANDOM FOREST; SOIL ACIDITY; SOIL MOISTURE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SUPPORT VECTOR MACHINE; TREE;

EID: 84911443296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0112764     Document Type: Article

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