An early and reliable estimation of crop yield is essential in quantitative and financial
evaluation at the field level for determining strategic plans in agricultural commodities for …

The continuous temperature rise has raised global concerns about CO2 emissions. As the
country with the largest CO2 emissions, China is facing the challenge of achieving large …

This book introduces the key stages of niche-based habitat suitability model building,
evaluation and prediction required for understanding and predicting future patterns of …

Accurate predictions of crop yield are critical for develo** effective agricultural and food
policies at the regional and global scales. We evaluated a machine-learning method …

Current predictions of extinction risks from climate change vary widely depending on the
specific assumptions and geographic and taxonomic focus of each study. I synthesized …

The effects of climate change on biodiversity are increasingly well documented, and many
methods have been developed to assess species' vulnerability to climatic changes, both …

Maps of species' distributions or habitat suitability are required for many aspects of
environmental research, resource management and conservation planning. These include …

Classification procedures are some of the most widely used statistical methods in ecology.
Random forests (RF) is a new and powerful statistical classifier that is well established in …

Documenting the rate, magnitude and causes of snow loss is essential to benchmark the
pace of climate change and to manage the differential water security risks of snowpack …

Estimating actual and potential areas of distribution of species via ecological niche modeling
has become a very active field of research, yet important conceptual issues in this field …