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Quantitative Methods for Modeling Species Habitat: Comparative Performance and an Application to Australian Plants

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Elith, J. (2000). Quantitative Methods for Modeling Species Habitat: Comparative Performance and an Application to Australian Plants. In: Quantitative Methods for Conservation Biology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-22648-6_4

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