Correlative and mechanistic models of species distribution provide congruent forecasts under climate change

Michael R Kearney; Brendan A Wintle; Warren P Porter

Journal article

Correlative and mechanistic models of species distribution provide congruent forecasts under climate change

Michael R Kearney, Brendan A Wintle, Warren P Porter

Conservation Letters | WILEY-BLACKWELL | Published : 2010

DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-263X.2010.00097.x

University of Melbourne Researchers

Michael Kearney Author Biosciences

Brendan Wintle Author Ecosystem and Forest Sciences

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Grants

Awarded by Government via Australian Research Council

Funding Acknowledgements

This study was supported by the Government via Australian Research Council grants to Kearney and Wintle (LP0989537) and the Applied Environmental Decision Analysis CERF Hub. We thank A. Krockenberger, S. Phillips, J. Elith, and A. McIlwee for assistance and discussion. We are grateful to T. Eyre (QEPA), R. Kavanagh (Forests NSW) and A. Whalen (Heritage Division, DEWHA) for providing glider survey data. P. Menkhorst and the Melbourne Museum generously arranged glider pelts for fur property measurements. The authors declare no competing financial interests.