A climate of uncertainty: Accounting for error in climate variables for species distribution models

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 412-423

  Stoklosa, Jakub ^a   Daly, Christopher ^b   Foster, Scott D ^c   Ashcroft, Michael B ^d   Warton, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Oregon State University   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate maps; Errors in variables; Hierarchical statistical models; Measurement error; Prediction error; PRISM; SIMEX

Indexed keywords

THRYOTHORUS; THRYOTHORUS LUDOVICIANUS;

EID: 84926609184     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12217     Document Type: Article

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