Natural disturbance impacts on ecosystem services and biodiversity in temperate and boreal forests
In many parts of the world forest disturbance regimes have intensified recently, and future
climatic changes are expected to amplify this development further in the coming decades …
climatic changes are expected to amplify this development further in the coming decades …
Using species distribution models at local scale to guide the search of poorly known species: Review, methodological issues and future directions
Among specific applications of species distribution models (SDMs), the use of SDMs
probabilistic maps for guiding field surveys is increasingly applied. This approach is …
probabilistic maps for guiding field surveys is increasingly applied. This approach is …
Ecological niches and geographic distributions (MPB-49)
This book provides a first synthetic view of an emerging area of ecology and biogeography,
linking individual-and population-level processes to geographic distributions and …
linking individual-and population-level processes to geographic distributions and …
A global assessment of invasive plant impacts on resident species, communities and ecosystems: the interaction of impact measures, invading species' traits and …
With the growing body of literature assessing the impact of invasive alien plants on resident
species and ecosystems, a comprehensive assessment of the relationship between invasive …
species and ecosystems, a comprehensive assessment of the relationship between invasive …
Uses and misuses of bioclimatic envelope modeling
Bioclimatic envelope models use associations between aspects of climate and species'
occurrences to estimate the conditions that are suitable to maintain viable populations. Once …
occurrences to estimate the conditions that are suitable to maintain viable populations. Once …
Predicting species distributions from small numbers of occurrence records: a test case using cryptic geckos in Madagascar
Aim Techniques that predict species potential distributions by combining observed
occurrence records with environmental variables show much potential for application across …
occurrence records with environmental variables show much potential for application across …
Fire management for biodiversity conservation: key research questions and our capacity to answer them
Knowing how species respond to fire regimes is essential for ecologically sustainable
management. This axiom raises two important questions:(1) what knowledge is the most …
management. This axiom raises two important questions:(1) what knowledge is the most …
Using species distribution models to predict new occurrences for rare plants
Aim To evaluate a suite of species distribution models for their utility as predictors of suitable
habitat and as tools for new population discovery of six rare plant species that have both …
habitat and as tools for new population discovery of six rare plant species that have both …
Uses and requirements of ecological niche models and related distributional models
AT Peterson - Biodiversity informatics, 2006 - journals.ku.edu
Modeling approaches that relate known occurrences of species to landscape features to
discover ecological properties and predict geographic occurrences have seen extensive …
discover ecological properties and predict geographic occurrences have seen extensive …
Abundance and the environmental niche: environmental suitability estimated from niche models predicts the upper limit of local abundance
Ecologists seek to understand patterns of distribution and abundance of species. Studies of
distribution often use occurrence data to build models of the environmental niche of a …
distribution often use occurrence data to build models of the environmental niche of a …