The effect of prevalence and its interaction with sample size on the reliability of species distribution models

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• Publication year

  2009

• Venue

  Community Ecology

• Publication date

  2009-12-21

• Fields of study

  Biology, Mathematics, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1556/COMEC.10.2009.2.9
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