Mechanistic and correlative models of ecological niches

European Journal of Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 28-38

  Peterson, A Townsend ^a   Papeş, Monica ^b   Soberón, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Correlational models; Fundamental ecological niche; Geographic distribution; Mechanistic models; Process based models

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988494519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13398474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/eje-2015-0014     Document Type: Article

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