Missing in action: Species competition is a neglected predictor variable in species distribution modelling

• Kudzai Shaun Mpakairi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Henry Ndaimani,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Paradzayi Tagwireyi ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tagwireyi.1@buckeyemail.osu.edu

  Affiliation Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6065-918X

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• Tawanda Winmore Gara,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe, Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC), University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

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• Mark Zvidzai,

  Roles Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

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• Daphine Madhlamoto

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, Gonarezhou National Park, Chiredzi, Zimbabwe

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