Opportunities for improved distribution modelling practice via a strict maximum likelihood interpretation of MaxEnt

Ecography

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 172-183

  Halvorsen, Rune ^a   Mazzoni, Sabrina ^a   Bryn, Anders ^a   Bakkestuen, Vegar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 84922649495     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecog.00565     Document Type: Article

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