Predictive habitat distribution models in ecology

Ecological Modelling - Tập 135 Số 2-3 - Trang 147-186 - 2000
Antoine Guisan1, Niklaus E. Zimmermann2
1Swiss Center for Faunal Cartography (CSCF), Terreaux 14, CH-2000 Neuchâtel, Switzerland
2Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, Zuercherstr. 111, 8903 Birmensdorf, Switzerland

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