Using species distribution models to quantify climate change impacts on the rosy-finch superspecies: an alpine obligate

• Main Author: Conrad, Edward C.
• Other Authors: College of Social & Behavioral Science, Geography, University of Utah
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: University of Utah 2015
• Subjects: boosted regression trees; calibrated AUC; climate change impacts; Leucosticte; niche modeling; random forest regression trees; Gam; Finch; Tundra
• Online Access: https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6m07dq4

thesis Anthropogenic climate change is forcing plants and animals to respond by shifting their distributions poleward or upward in elevation. An organism's ability to track climate change is constrained if its habitat cannot shift and is projected to decrease in geographic extent. Geographic di...