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An accuracy assessment of a spatial bioclimatic model. 1996. McKenney, D.W.; Mackey, B.G.; Hutchinson, M.F.; Sims, R.A. Pages 1 -11 (Vol. RM-GTR-277) in Proceedings: Spatial Accuracy Assessment in Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences: Second International Symposium. May 21-23, 1996, Fort Collins, Colorado. Natural Resources Canada, Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Fort Collins, Colorado, General Technical Report RM-GTR-277. 728 p.
Abstract
Spatially explicit models of forest ecosystems require the integration of biophysical data at a range of scales. Preditions of biotic response should be based on spatially explicit models of the driving environmental processes, in particular those related to climate and topography. Ongoing research in the forests of Ontario have focused on the development of suitably scaled digital elevation models and mesoscaled models of climatic averages. These in turn hae been used to spatially extend varoius biological survey data. In this paper we present some accuracy assessments of the spatial climate models and subsquent differences in species’ predicted distributions.