Species distribution models have limited spatial transferability for invasive species

C Liu, C Wolter, W **an, JM Jeschke - Ecology letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The reliability of transferring species distribution models (SDMs) to new ranges and future
climates has been widely debated. Biological invasions offer the unique opportunity to …

A comparison between Ensemble and MaxEnt species distribution modelling approaches for conservation: A case study with Egyptian medicinal plants

E Kaky, V Nolan, A Alatawi, F Gilbert - Ecological Informatics, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding the relationship between the geographical distribution of taxa and their
environmental conditions is a key concept in ecology and conservation. The use of …

Forecasting the global extent of invasion of the cereal pest Spodoptera frugiperda, the fall armyworm

R Early, P González-Moreno, ST Murphy, R Day - BioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is a crop pest native to the Americas, which has
invaded and spread throughout sub-Saharan Africa within two years. Recent estimates of 20 …

Fifteen important questions in the spatial ecology of diatoms

J Soininen, A Teittinen - Freshwater Biology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Recently, studies about the spatial distribution of microbial species and communities have
increased substantially. Freshwater diatoms are used as one of the most popular model taxa …

What is conservation physiology? Perspectives on an increasingly integrated and essential science

SJ Cooke, L Sack, CE Franklin, AP Farrell… - Conservation …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Globally, ecosystems and their constituent flora and fauna face the localized and broad-
scale influence of human activities. Conservation practitioners and environmental managers …

Major drivers of invasion risks throughout the world

C Bellard, B Leroy, W Thuiller, JF Rysman… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we investigate how climate, land use, habitat characteristics, and
socioeconomic activities contribute to predict the current potential distributions of the “100 …

Species distribution models predict rare species occurrences despite significant effects of landscape context

JL McCune - Journal of applied ecology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The true status of many endangered plants is uncertain because the locations of all extant
populations are not known. Species distribution models (SDM s) can direct searches for …

Projecting boreal bird responses to climate change: the signal exceeds the noise

D Stralberg, SM Matsuoka, A Hamann… - Ecological …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
For climate change projections to be useful, the magnitude of change must be understood
relative to the magnitude of uncertainty in model predictions. We quantified the signal‐to …

[PDF][PDF] Forecasting the global extent of invasion of the cereal pest Spodoptera frugiperda, the fall armyworm. NeoBiota 40: 25–50

R Early, P González-Moreno, ST Murphy, R Day - 2018 - academia.edu
Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is a crop pest native to the Americas, which has
invaded and spread throughout sub-Saharan Africa within two years. Recent estimates of 20 …

Classification and regression with random forests as a standard method for presence-only data SDMs: a future conservation example using China tree species

L Zhang, F Huettmann, S Liu, P Sun, Z Yu, X Zhang… - Ecological …, 2019 - Elsevier
The random forests (RF) algorithm is a superb learner and classifier in machine learning
applications. This ensemble model is also one of the most popular species distribution …