Measuring the relative effect of factors affecting species distribution model predictions

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 947-955

  Thibaud, Emeric ^a   Petitpierre, Blaise ^b   Broennimann, Olivier ^b   Davison, Anthony C ^a   Guisan, Antoine ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

linear mixed effects model; relative importance; spatial autocorrelation; virtual ecologist

Indexed keywords

EID: 84913541769     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12203     Document Type: Article

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