Uncertainties in the projection of species distributions related to general circulation models

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1100-1116

  Goberville, Eric ^a,b   Beaugrand, Grégory ^b,c   Hautekèete, Nina Coralie ^a   Piquot, Yves ^a   Luczak, Christophe ^b,d  

^a Univ Lille   (France)

^b Laboratoire d Océanologie et de Géosciences   (France)

^c THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ARTOIS   (France)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Climate change; Ecological niche modeling; Global change models; Species distribution projections; Uncertainties

Indexed keywords

BETULA NANA;

EID: 84923850545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1411     Document Type: Article

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