G. Evelyn Hutchinson more than a half century ago proposed that one could characterize the
ecological niche of a species as an abstract map** of population dynamics onto an …

Among specific applications of species distribution models (SDMs), the use of SDMs
probabilistic maps for guiding field surveys is increasingly applied. This approach is …

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

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 …

ABSTRACT A wide range of modelling algorithms is used by ecologists, conservation
practitioners, and others to predict species ranges from point locality data. Unfortunately, the …

Species distribution modelling is central to both fundamental and applied research in
biogeography. Despite widespread use of models, there are still important conceptual …

Aim Spatial modelling techniques are increasingly used in species distribution modelling.
However, the implemented techniques differ in their modelling performance, and some …

Abstract Information on where species occur is an important component of conservation and
management decisions, but knowledge of distributions is often coarse or incomplete …

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 use of species distribution models (SDM) is of increasing popularity when studying
biological invasions, eg to assess the impact of climate change on invasive species, to …