Overcoming limitations of modelling rare species by using ensembles of small models

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1210-1218

  Breiner, Frank T ^a,b   Guisan, Antoine ^b   Bergamini, Ariel ^a   Nobis, Michael P ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AUC; BIOMOD; Bivariate models; Boyce index; Consensus forecast; Endangered species; Ensemble prediction; Species distribution modelling; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975796874     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2041210X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12403     Document Type: Article

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