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Comparing mechanistic and empirical model projections of crop suitability and productivity: implications for ecological forecasting

Authors:	H. Beukes D. G. Hole M. Lau M. G. Oppenheimer R. Schulze M. A. Tadross W. R. Turner

Affiliation:	1. Institute for Soil, Climate, and Water, Agricultural Research Council, , Stellenbosch, 2599 South Africa;2. Betty and Gordon Moore Center for Ecosystem Science and Economics, Conservation International, , Arlington, VA, 22202 USA;3. STEP Program, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, , Princeton, NJ, 08540 USA;4. School of Bioresources Engineering and Environmental Hydrology, University of KwaZulu‐Natal, , Pietermaritzburg, 3209 South Africa;5. Climate Systems Analysis Group, University of Cape Town, , Rondebosch, 7701 South Africa

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Keywords:	Abundance ecological niche model empirical model habitat suitability model intercomparison maize mechanistic model South Africa species distribution model