Environmental niche modeling (ENM) is commonly used to develop probabilistic maps of
species distribution. Among available ENM techniques, MaxEnt has become one of the most …

The MaxEnt software package is one of the most popular tools for species-distribution
modeling. Despite its popularity, researchers usually underestimate the influence of the …

The use of correlative ecological niche models has highly increased in the last decade.
Despite all literature and textbooks in this field, few practical guidelines exist on the correct …

Invertebrates constitute the majority of animal species and are critical for ecosystem
functioning and services. Nonetheless, global invertebrate biodiversity patterns and their …

Cross-validation using randomized subsets of data—known as k-fold cross-validation—is a
powerful means of testing the success rate of models used for classification. However, few if …

Ecological niche models are widely used in ecology and biogeography. Maxent is one of the
most frequently used niche modeling tools, and many studies have aimed to optimize its …

SDMtoolbox 2.0 is a software package for spatial studies of ecology, evolution, and genetics.
The release of SDMtoolbox 2.0 allows researchers to use the most current ArcGIS software …

Spatial thinning of species occurrence records can help address problems associated with
spatial sampling biases. Ideally, thinning removes the fewest records necessary to …

Recent studies have demonstrated a need for increased rigour in building and evaluating
ecological niche models (ENM s) based on presence‐only occurrence data. Two major …

Aim Models of species niches and distributions have become invaluable to biogeographers
over the past decade, yet several outstanding methodological issues remain. Here we …