Bio-ORACLE; Codium fragile; ecological niche modelling; environmental data; macroecology; species distribution modelling; oceanography
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology
Author, co-author :
Tyberghein, Lennert
Verbruggen, Heroen
Klaas, Pauly
Troupin, Charles ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > GeoHydrodynamics and Environment Research (GHER)
Mineur, Frederic
De Clerck, Olivier
Language :
English
Title :
Bio-ORACLE: a global environmental dataset for marine species distribution modelling
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