Scale-sensitivity in the measurement and interpretation of environmental niches

M Lu, W Jetz - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - cell.com
Species environmental niches are central to ecology, evolution, and global change
research, but their characterization and interpretation depend on the spatial scale …

Avian SDMs: current state, challenges, and opportunities

JO Engler, D Stiels, K Schidelko… - Journal of Avian …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying species distributions using species distribution models (SDMs) has emerged as
a central method in modern biogeography. These empirical models link species occurrence …

Fit-for-purpose: species distribution model performance depends on evaluation criteria–Dutch hoverflies as a case study

J Aguirre-Gutiérrez, LG Carvalheiro, C Polce… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Understanding species distributions and the factors limiting them is an important topic in
ecology and conservation, including in nature reserve selection and predicting climate …

Abundance models improve spatial and temporal prioritization of conservation resources

A Johnston, D Fink, MD Reynolds… - Ecological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation prioritization requires knowledge about organism distribution and density. This
information is often inferred from models that estimate the probability of species occurrence …

The importance of biotic interactions in species distribution models: a test of the Eltonian noise hypothesis using parrots

CB De Araújo, LO Marcondes‐Machado… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Aim To test the Eltonian noise hypothesis (ENH), that biotic interactions do not
affect species distributions at large geographical scales. Location The Brazilian cerrado, a …

Assessing the umbrella value of a range‐wide conservation network for jaguars (Panthera onca)

D Thornton, K Zeller, C Rondinini… - Ecological …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Umbrella species are employed as conservation short‐cuts for the design of reserves or
reserve networks. However, empirical data on the effectiveness of umbrellas is equivocal …

Do ecological niche models accurately identify climatic determinants of species ranges?

CA Searcy, HB Shaffer - The American Naturalist, 2016 - journals.uchicago.edu
Defining species' niches is central to understanding their distributions and is thus
fundamental to basic ecology and climate change projections. Ecological niche models …

Latitudinal shift in thermal niche breadth results from thermal release during a climate‐mediated range expansion

LT Lancaster, RY Dudaniec, B Hansson… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Climate change is currently altering the geographical distribution of species, but how
this process contributes to biogeographical variation in ecological traits is unknown. Range …

Performance metrics and variance partitioning reveal sources of uncertainty in species distribution models

JI Watling, LA Brandt, DN Bucklin, I Fujisaki… - Ecological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Species distribution models (SDMs) are widely used in basic and applied ecology, making it
important to understand sources and magnitudes of uncertainty in SDM performance and …

Predicting bobcat abundance at a landscape scale and evaluating occupancy as a density index in central Wisconsin

JDJ Clare, EM Anderson… - The Journal of Wildlife …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The abundance of low‐density species like carnivores is logistically difficult to directly
estimate at a meaningful scale. Predictive distribution models are often used as a surrogate …