Regression and model-building in conservation biology, biogeography and ecology: The distinction between – and reconciliation of – ‘predictive’ and ‘explanatory’ models

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• Publication year

  2000

• Venue

  Biodiversity and Conservation

• Publication date

  2000-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Mathematics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1023/A:1008985925162
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  Semantic Scholar

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