Background Centres of endemism have received much attention from evolutionists,
biogeographers, ecologists and conservationists. Climatic stability is often cited as a major …

Climate change is one of the major issues facing natural populations and thus a focus of
recent research has been to predict the responses of organisms to these changes. Models …

Abstract Protected Areas (PAs) are the cornerstone of biodiversity conservation. Here, we
collated distributional data for> 14,000 (~ 70% of) species of amphibians and reptiles …

Long-term climate change and periodic environmental extremes threaten food and fuel
security and global crop productivity,–. Although molecular and adaptive breeding strategies …

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

Landslide susceptibility maps are vital tools used by decision-makers to adopt mitigation
strategies for future calamities. In this context, research on landslide susceptibility modelling …

Statistical landslide susceptibility map** is a topic in complete and constant evolution,
especially since the introduction of machine learning (ML) methods. A new methodological …

Species distribution models (SDM s) have become a standard tool in ecology and applied
conservation biology. Modelling rare and threatened species is particularly important for …

Refugia have long been studied from paleontological and biogeographical perspectives to
understand how populations persisted during past periods of unfavorable climate. Recently …

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 484–492 Abstract Europe has the world's most extensive network
of conservation areas. Conservation areas are selected without taking into account the …