Effects of alternative sets of climatic predictors on species distribution models and associated estimates of extinction risk: A test with plants in an arid environment

Patricio Pliscoff, Federico Luebert, Hartmut H. Hilger and Antoine Guisan

Ecological Modelling, 2014, vol. 288, issue C, 166-177

Abstract: The effects of using alternative sets of climatic predictor variables on the performance, spatial predictions and future projections of species distribution models (SDMs) and its consequences on extinction risk estimates have remained insufficiently studied.

Keywords: Atacama Desert; BIOMOD; Boraginaceae; Heliotropium; Extinction risk; Climate change (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2014.06.003

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