Species distribution models and ecological theory: a critical assessment and some possible new approaches

M Austin - Ecological modelling, 2007 - Elsevier
Given the importance of knowledge of species distribution for conservation and climate
change management, continuous and progressive evaluation of the statistical models …

A survey of remote sensing-based aboveground biomass estimation methods in forest ecosystems

D Lu, Q Chen, G Wang, L Liu, G Li… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Remote sensing-based methods of aboveground biomass (AGB) estimation in forest
ecosystems have gained increased attention, and substantial research has been conducted …

The global distribution of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus

MUG Kraemer, ME Sinka, KA Duda, AQN Mylne… - elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Dengue and chikungunya are increasing global public health concerns due to their rapid
geographical spread and increasing disease burden. Knowledge of the contemporary …

[HTML][HTML] Global hotspots and correlates of emerging zoonotic diseases

T Allen, KA Murray, C Zambrana-Torrelio… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Zoonoses originating from wildlife represent a significant threat to global health, security and
economic growth, and combatting their emergence is a public health priority. However, our …

Novel methods improve prediction of species' distributions from occurrence data

J Elith*, C H. Graham*, R P. Anderson, M Dudík… - …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Prediction of species' distributions is central to diverse applications in ecology, evolution and
conservation science. There is increasing electronic access to vast sets of occurrence …

A working guide to boosted regression trees

J Elith, JR Leathwick, T Hastie - Journal of animal ecology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Summary 1 Ecologists use statistical models for both explanation and prediction, and need
techniques that are flexible enough to express typical features of their data, such as …

Springer series in statistics

P Bickel, P Diggle, S Fienberg, U Gather, I Olkin… - Principles and Theory …, 2009 - Springer
The idea for this book came from the time the authors spent at the Statistics and Applied
Mathematical Sciences Institute (SAMSI) in Research Triangle Park in North Carolina …

[CITATION][C] Map** species distributions: spatial inference and prediction

J Franklin - 2009 - books.google.com
Maps of species' distributions or habitat suitability are required for many aspects of
environmental research, resource management and conservation planning. These include …

Sample selection bias and presence‐only distribution models: implications for background and pseudo‐absence data

SJ Phillips, M Dudík, J Elith, CH Graham… - Ecological …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Most methods for modeling species distributions from occurrence records require additional
data representing the range of environmental conditions in the modeled region. These data …

Flash-flood susceptibility map** based on XGBoost, random forest and boosted regression trees

R Abedi, R Costache… - Geocarto …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Historical exploration of flash flood events and producing flash-flood susceptibility maps are
crucial steps for decision makers in disaster management. In this article, classification and …