Species distribution models rarely predict the biology of real populations

J A. Lee‐Yaw, J L. McCune, S Pironon, S N. Sheth - Ecography, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Species distribution models (SDMs) are widely used in ecology. In theory, SDMs capture (at
least part of) species' ecological niches and can be used to make inferences about the …

A checklist for maximizing reproducibility of ecological niche models

X Feng, DS Park, C Walker, AT Peterson… - Nature Ecology & …, 2019‏ - nature.com
Reporting specific modelling methods and metadata is essential to the reproducibility of
ecological studies, yet guidelines rarely exist regarding what information should be noted …

Want to model a species niche? A step-by-step guideline on correlative ecological niche modelling

N Sillero, S Arenas-Castro, U Enriquez‐Urzelai… - Ecological …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
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 …

Top ten hazards to avoid when modeling species distributions: a didactic guide of assumptions, problems, and recommendations

M Soley‐Guardia, DF Alvarado‐Serrano… - Ecography, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
Species distribution models, also known as ecological niche models or habitat suitability
models, have become commonplace for addressing fundamental and applied biodiversity …

Evaluating collinearity effects on species distribution models: An approach based on virtual species simulation

P De Marco, CC Nóbrega - PloS one, 2018‏ - journals.plos.org
The increasing use of species distribution modeling (SDM) has raised new concerns
regarding the inaccuracies, misunderstanding, and misuses of this important tool. One 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 …

flexsdm: An r package for supporting a comprehensive and flexible species distribution modelling workflow

SJE Velazco, MB Rose, AFA de Andrade… - Methods in Ecology …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Species distribution models (SDM) are widely used in diverse research areas because of
their simple data requirements and application versatility. However, SDM outcomes are …

[HTML][HTML] Agroforestry systems can mitigate the impacts of climate change on coffee production: a spatially explicit assessment in Brazil

LC Gomes, F Bianchi, IM Cardoso… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Climate change may impose severe challenges to farmers to maintain agricultural
production levels in the future. In this study we analysed the effect of projected changes in …

The area under the precision‐recall curve as a performance metric for rare binary events

HR Sofaer, JA Hoeting… - Methods in Ecology and …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Species distribution models are used to study biogeographic patterns and guide decision‐
making. The variable quality of these models makes it critical to assess whether a model's …

The global distribution and burden of dengue

S Bhatt, PW Gething, OJ Brady, JP Messina, AW Farlow… - Nature, 2013‏ - nature.com
Dengue is a systemic viral infection transmitted between humans by Aedes mosquitoes. For
some patients, dengue is a life-threatening illness. There are currently no licensed vaccines …