Predictive species distribution modelling in butterflies

1 Institute of Geoecology, University of Potsdam, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24/25, 14476 Potsdam, Germany. Tel. +49-331-977-2480 Fax +49-331-977-2092 email: boris.schroeder@uni-potsdam.de 2 Landscape Ecology Group, Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, 26111 Oldenburg, Germany. 3 Current address: Bavarian Academy for Nature Conservation and Landscape Management ANL, 83410 Laufen, Germany. 4 UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Dept. of Conservation Biology, 06120 Halle/Saale, Germany. 5 UFZ Centre for Environmental Research Leipzig-Halle, Dept. of Community Ecology, 06120 Halle/Saale, Germany.

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