Distribution models for mountain plant species: The value of elevation

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 301, Issue , 2015, Pages 72-77

  Oke, Oluwatobi A ^a   Thompson, Ken A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpine ecology; Altitude; MaxEnt; Niche breadth; Plant distribution; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; LANDFORMS;

ALTITUDE; MAXENT; NICHE BREADTH; PLANT DISTRIBUTIONS; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELS;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; ELEVATION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MICROCLIMATE; MOUNTAIN REGION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLANT COMMUNITY;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

EID: 84922657973     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.01.019     Document Type: Article

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