The importance of data quality for generating reliable distribution models for rare, elusive, and cryptic species.

The availability of spatially referenced environmental data and species occurrence records in online databases enable practitioners to easily generate species distribution models (SDMs) for a broad array of taxa. Such databases often include occurrence records of unknown reliability, yet little info...

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Main Authors: Keith B Aubry, Catherine M Raley, Kevin S McKelvey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5480872?pdf=render