Models of Arctic-alpine refugia highlight importance of climate and local topography

Polar Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 489-502

  Niskanen, Annina ^a   Luoto, Miska ^a   Väre, Henry ^b   Heikkinen, Risto K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

GBM; Generalized boosted model; High latitude environments; Refugium; Spatial modelling; Species distribution models

Indexed keywords

ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONNECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LATITUDE; MACHINE LEARNING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REFUGIUM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SLOPE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TOPOGRAPHY; VASCULAR PLANT;

ARCTIC; EUROPE;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84973165060     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-016-1973-3     Document Type: Article

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