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 …

Essential biodiversity variables for map** and monitoring species populations

W Jetz, MA McGeoch, R Guralnick, S Ferrier… - Nature ecology & …, 2019 - nature.com
Species distributions and abundances are undergoing rapid changes worldwide. This
highlights the significance of reliable, integrated information for guiding and assessing …

Biodiversity impacts and conservation implications of urban land expansion projected to 2050

RD Simkin, KC Seto, RI McDonald, W Jetz - Proceedings of the National …, 2022 - pnas.org
As the global urban population is poised to grow by 2.5 billion over the next 30 y, urban land
conversions are expected to be an increasingly prominent driver of habitat and biodiversity …

A standard protocol for reporting species distribution models

D Zurell, J Franklin, C König, PJ Bouchet… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Species distribution models (SDMs) constitute the most common class of models across
ecology, evolution and conservation. The advent of ready‐to‐use software packages and …

Data integration enables global biodiversity synthesis

JM Heberling, JT Miller, D Noesgaard… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - pnas.org
The accessibility of global biodiversity information has surged in the past two decades,
notably through widespread funding initiatives for museum specimen digitization and …

Global habitat loss and extinction risk of terrestrial vertebrates under future land-use-change scenarios

RP Powers, W Jetz - Nature climate change, 2019 - nature.com
Habitat transformations caused by human land-use change are considered major drivers of
ongoing biodiversity loss,–, and their impact on biodiversity is expected to increase further …

A meta-analysis of global fungal distribution reveals climate-driven patterns

T Větrovský, P Kohout, M Kopecký, A Machac… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The evolutionary and environmental factors that shape fungal biogeography are
incompletely understood. Here, we assemble a large dataset consisting of previously …

A suite of global, cross-scale topographic variables for environmental and biodiversity modeling

G Amatulli, S Domisch, MN Tuanmu, B Parmentier… - Scientific data, 2018 - nature.com
Topographic variation underpins a myriad of patterns and processes in hydrology,
climatology, geography and ecology and is key to understanding the variation of life on the …

[HTML][HTML] Data integration for large-scale models of species distributions

NJB Isaac, MA Jarzyna, P Keil, LI Dambly… - Trends in ecology & …, 2020 - cell.com
With the expansion in the quantity and types of biodiversity data being collected, there is a
need to find ways to combine these different sources to provide cohesive summaries of …

Diatoms.org: supporting taxonomists, connecting communities

SA Spaulding, MG Potapova, IW Bishop, SS Lee… - Diatom …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Consistent identification of diatoms is a prerequisite for studying their ecology,
biogeography, and successful application as environmental indicators. However, taxonomic …