A standard protocol for reporting species distribution models (2024)

Zurell, D., Franklin, J., König, C., Bouchet, P. J., Dormann, C. F., Elith, J., Fandos, G., Feng, X., Guillera-Arroita, G., Guisan, A., Lahoz-Monfort, J. J., Leitão, P. J., Park, D. S., Peterson, A. T., Rapacciuolo, G., Schmatz, D. R., Schröder, B., Serra-Diaz, J. M., Thuiller, W., ... Merow, C. (2020). A standard protocol for reporting species distribution models. Ecography, 43(9), 1261-1277. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04960

Zurell, Damaris ; Franklin, Janet ; König, Christian et al. / A standard protocol for reporting species distribution models. In: Ecography. 2020 ; Vol. 43, No. 9. pp. 1261-1277.

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Zurell, D, Franklin, J, König, C, Bouchet, PJ, Dormann, CF, Elith, J, Fandos, G, Feng, X, Guillera-Arroita, G, Guisan, A, Lahoz-Monfort, JJ, Leitão, PJ, Park, DS, Peterson, AT, Rapacciuolo, G, Schmatz, DR, Schröder, B, Serra-Diaz, JM, Thuiller, W, Yates, KL, Zimmermann, NE & Merow, C 2020, 'A standard protocol for reporting species distribution models', Ecography, vol. 43, no. 9, pp. 1261-1277. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04960

A standard protocol for reporting species distribution models. / Zurell, Damaris; Franklin, Janet; König, Christian et al.
In: Ecography, Vol. 43, No. 9, 01.09.2020, p. 1261-1277.

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Zurell D, Franklin J, König C, Bouchet PJ, Dormann CF, Elith J et al. A standard protocol for reporting species distribution models. Ecography. 2020 Sep 1;43(9):1261-1277. doi: 10.1111/ecog.04960