Altruism and Related Phenomena, Mainly in Social Insects
1972/11/01 by W D Hamilton, W. D. Hamilton · 1,169 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · Mathematics · #Abundance (ecology) #Altruism (biology) #Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies #Biology #Distribution (mathematics) #Ecology #Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies #Geography #Mathematics #Plant and animal studies
paper · doi:10.1146/annurev.es.03.110172.001205
published in Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 3(1), 193-232 (Annual Reviews)
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Species distribution models (SDMs) are numerical tools that combine observations of species occurrence or abundance with environmental estimates. They are used to gain ecological and evolutionary insights and to predict distributions across landscapes, ...Read More
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