Predicting abundance with presence-only models

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 19-30

  Bradley, Bethany A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance; Abundant center; Bioclimatic envelope; Climatic suitability; Ecological niche; Habitat suitability; Invasion risk; Invasive plant; Maxent; Species distribution modeling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE ESTIMATION; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DATA ASSIMILATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; MACROECOLOGY; NICHE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; PREDICTION; SOFTWARE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84952864763     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: 15729761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-015-0303-4     Document Type: Article

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