Incorporating model complexity and spatial sampling bias into ecological niche models of climate change risks faced by 90 California vertebrate species of concern

Warren, Dan; Wright, Amber N.; Seifert, Stephanie N.; Shaffer, H. Bradley

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Incorporating model complexity and spatial sampling bias into ecological niche models of climate change risks faced by 90 California vertebrate species of concern

Date

2014

Authors

Warren, Dan

Wright, Amber N.

Seifert, Stephanie N.

Shaffer, H. Bradley

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

Aim: Ecological niche models are increasingly being used to aid in predicting the effects of future climate change on species distributions. Complex models that show high predictive performance on current distribution data may do a poor job of predicting