Mapping species distributions : spatial inference and prediction /

"Maps of species' distributions or habitat suitability are required for many aspects of environmental research, resource management and conservation planning. These include biodiversity assessment, reserve design, habitat management and restoration, species and habitat conservation plans a...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Franklin, Janet, 1959-
Other Authors: Miller, Jennifer A. (Jennifer Anne)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Series:Ecology, biodiversity, and conservation.
Subjects:
Biogeography.
Biogeography > Mathematical models.
Biogéographie.
Biogéographie > Modèles mathématiques.
SCIENCE > Microscopes & Microscopy.
NATURE > Animals > Wildlife.
Biogeography
Biogeography > Mathematical models
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • PART I. HISTORY AND ECOLOGICAL BASIS OF SPECIES DISTRIBUTION MODELING: Species distribution modeling
  • Why do we need species' distribution models?
  • Ecological understanding of species' distributions
  • PART II. THE DATA NEEDED FOR MODELING SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS: Data for species' distribution models: the biological data
  • Data for species' distribution models: the environmental data
  • PART III. AN OVERVIEW OF THE MODELING METHODS: Statistical models
  • modern regression
  • Machine learning methods
  • Classification, similarity and other methods for presence-only data
  • PART IV. MODEL EVALUATION AND IMPLEMENTATION: Model evaluation
  • Implementation of species' distribution models.

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