Range bagging: A new method for ecological niche modelling from presence-only data

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 12, Issue 107, 2015, Pages

  Drake, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological niche model; Niche; Qhull; Range; Species distribution model; Zero net growth isocline

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; LEARNING ALGORITHMS;

ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELING; NICHE; QHULL; RANGE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELING; ZERO NET GROWTH ISOCLINE;

ECOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BIOGEOGRAPHY; CLIMATE; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; HABITAT SELECTION; HEAT TOLERANCE; LEARNING ALGORITHM; NONHUMAN; SALINITY; SPECIES; TEMPERATURE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM;

ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84930715823     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2015.0086     Document Type: Article

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