Do they? How do they? WHY do they differ? On finding reasons for differing performances of species distribution models

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Many thanks to Steven Phillips, Mark Burgman, John Leathwick, Yung En Chee, Stephen Baines, Michael Kearney, and Town Peterson for comments on various drafts of the manuscript, and to Mike Austin, Simon Ferrier and Simon Barry for asking challenging questions that were the starting points for several of the ideas. The reviewers and editors gave important direction and we appreciate their efforts. Jane Elith was funded by ARC grant DP0772671 and the Australian Centre of Excellence for Risk Analysis. The colours used in the figures are from a palette developed for colour-blind people; thanks to its author for such a good idea: < http://jfly.iam.u-tokyo.ac.jp >.