Spatially explicit models as tools for implementing effective management strategies for invasive alien mammals

S Bertolino, C Sciandra, L Bosso, D Russo… - Mammal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Invasive alien species are major drivers of global change that can have severe impacts on
biodiversity and human well‐being. Management strategies implemented to mitigate these …

Different facets of the same niche: Integrating citizen science and scientific survey data to predict biological invasion risk under multiple global change drivers

M Di Febbraro, L Bosso, M Fasola… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Citizen science initiatives have been increasingly used by researchers as a source of
occurrence data to model the distribution of alien species. Since citizen science presence …

Restricted access to private properties limits management of invasive alien species: A literature review and case studies

S Bertolino, G Vimercati, D Paoloni, A Martinoli… - Journal of environmental …, 2021 - Elsevier
Biological invasions are one of the major drivers of global environmental change and there
is a need to develop integrated strategies to counteract this phenomenon. Eradication is an …

Worldclim 2.1 versus Worldclim 1.4: Climatic niche and grid resolution affect between‐version mismatches in habitat suitability models predictions across Europe

F Cerasoli, P D'Alessandro, M Biondi - Ecology and evolution, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The influence of climate on the distribution of taxa has been extensively investigated in the
last two decades through Habitat Suitability Models (HSMs). In this context, the Worldclim …

Potential for invasion of traded birds under climate and land‐cover change

B Naimi, C Capinha, J Ribeiro, C Rahbek… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Humans have moved species away from their native ranges since the Neolithic, but
globalization accelerated the rate at which species are being moved. We fitted more than …

[HTML][HTML] Plant invasion risk inside and outside protected areas: Propagule pressure, abiotic and biotic factors definitively matter

V Lozano, M Di Febbraro, G Brundu… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Invasive alien species are among the main global drivers of biodiversity loss posing major
challenges to nature conservation and to managers of protected areas. The present study …

Four steps to strengthen connectivity modeling

E Riordan‐Short, R Pither, J Pither - Ecography, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Maintaining and restoring ecological connectivity is considered a global imperative to help
reverse the decline of biodiversity. To be successful, practitioners need to be guided by …

Double-edged effects of climate change on plant invasions: Ecological niche modeling global distributions of two invasive alien plants

X Gong, Y Chen, T Wang, X Jiang, X Hu… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
The prediction of the potential distribution of invasive alien species is key for the control of
their proliferation. This study developed ensemble niche models to explore the distribution …

[HTML][HTML] Too much of a good thing? Supplementing current species observations with fossil data to assess climate change vulnerability via ecological niche models

AM Belfiore, A Mondanaro, S Castiglione… - Biological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Ecological niche models (ENMs) are a powerful tool in ecological research and
conservation planning. Since ENMs provide probability maps of suitable areas under …

Climatic variables are more effective on the spatial distribution of oak forests than land use change across their historical range

H Mirhashemi, K Ahmadi, M Heydari, O Karami… - Environmental …, 2024 - Springer
The current research is conducted to model the effect of climate change and land use
change (LUC) on the geographical distribution of Quercus brantii Lindl.(QB) forests across …