Strategic national approach for improving the conservation management of insects and allied invertebrates in Australia

GS Taylor, MF Braby, ML Moir, MS Harvey… - Austral …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Despite progress in recent decades, the conservation management of insects and allied
invertebrates in Australia is challenging and remains a formidable task against a …

Advances in monitoring and modelling climate at ecologically relevant scales

I Bramer, BJ Anderson, J Bennie, AJ Bladon… - Advances in ecological …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Most ecological studies of the effects of climate on species are based on average conditions
above ground level (measured by meteorological stations) averaged across 100 km 2 or …

NicheMapR–an R package for biophysical modelling: the microclimate model

MR Kearney, WP Porter - Ecography, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Microclimatic variables are necessary for a wide range of pure and applied problems in
environmental science. In ecology, microclimatic conditions are prerequisites for modelling …

Comparing species distribution models constructed with different subsets of environmental predictors

DN Bucklin, M Basille, AM Benscoter… - Diversity and …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim To assess the usefulness of combining climate predictors with additional types of
environmental predictors in species distribution models for range‐restricted species, using …

Reconstructing palaeoclimates from biological proxies: some often overlooked sources of uncertainty

B Huntley - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2012‏ - Elsevier
Palaeoclimatic reconstructions from biological proxies, remains of organisms, suffer from
sources of uncertainty that frequently are unacknowledged or even unrecognised. Primary …

Precipitation and winter temperature predict long‐term range‐scale abundance changes in Western North American birds

JG Illán, CD Thomas, JA Jones, WK Wong… - Global Change …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Predicting biodiversity responses to climate change remains a difficult challenge, especially
in climatically complex regions where precipitation is a limiting factor. Though statistical …

Topoclimate versus macroclimate: how does climate map** methodology affect species distribution models and climate change projections?

E Slavich, DI Warton, MB Ashcroft… - Diversity and …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim We analyse how and why 'topoclimate'map** methodologies improve on
macroclimatic variables in modelling the distribution of biodiversity. Further, we consider the …

Microclimate species distribution models estimate lower levels of climate-related habitat loss for salamanders

SF Stickley, JM Fraterrigo - Journal for Nature Conservation, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Species distribution models (SDMs) largely rely on free-air temperatures at coarse spatial
resolutions to predict habitat suitability, potentially overlooking important microhabitat …

The effect of spatial resolution on projected responses to climate warming

PK Gillingham, B Huntley, WE Kunin… - Diversity and …, 2012‏ - Wiley Online Library
Aim To determine how changing the resolution of modelled climate surfaces can affect
estimates of the amount of thermally suitable habitat available to species under different …

Thermoregulation and microhabitat use in mountain butterflies of the genus Erebia: importance of fine-scale habitat heterogeneity

I Kleckova, M Konvicka, J Klecka - Journal of Thermal Biology, 2014‏ - Elsevier
Mountain butterflies have evolved efficient thermoregulation strategies enabling their
survival in marginal conditions with short flight season and unstable weather. Understanding …