Study on selecting sensitive environmental variables in modelling species spatial distribution

• Main Authors: WANG, Hongshuo, LIU, Desheng, MUNROE, Darla, CAO, Kai, BIERMAN, Christine
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• Subjects: Environmental variables; factor analysis; redundant information; sensitivity index; spatial variations; species distribution models; Databases and Information Systems; Urban, Community and Regional Planning
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/5453; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=6456&context=sis_research
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This study explores the effects of different environmental variables on the accuracy of species distribution models. Forest inventory and analysis data sets were used to generate absence and pseudo-absence points of chestnut oak (Quercus prinus) in the central and southern Appalachian mountain regio...