Accounting for uncertainty when mapping species distributions: The need for maps of ignorance

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Progress in Physical Geography

• Publication date

  2011-03-31

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1177/0309133311399491
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