Standards for distribution models in biodiversity assessments

MB Araújo, RP Anderson, A Márcia Barbosa… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Demand for models in biodiversity assessments is rising, but which models are adequate for
the task? We propose a set of best-practice standards and detailed guidelines enabling …

Species distribution models: ecological explanation and prediction across space and time

J Elith, JR Leathwick - Annual review of ecology, evolution, and …, 2009 - annualreviews.org
Species distribution models (SDMs) are numerical tools that combine observations of
species occurrence or abundance with environmental estimates. They are used to gain …

Predictive performance of presence‐only species distribution models: a benchmark study with reproducible code

R Valavi, G Guillera‐Arroita… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Species distribution modeling (SDM) is widely used in ecology and conservation. Currently,
the most available data for SDM are species presence‐only records (available through …

Opening the black box: An open‐source release of Maxent

SJ Phillips, RP Anderson, M Dudík, RE Schapire… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This software note announces a new open‐source release of the Maxent software for
modeling species distributions from occurrence records and environmental data, and …

The current and future global distribution and population at risk of dengue

JP Messina, OJ Brady, N Golding, MUG Kraemer… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral infection that has spread throughout the tropical world
over the past 60 years and now affects over half the world's population. The geographical …

The global distribution of the arbovirus vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus

MUG Kraemer, ME Sinka, KA Duda, AQN Mylne… - elife, 2015 - elifesciences.org
Dengue and chikungunya are increasing global public health concerns due to their rapid
geographical spread and increasing disease burden. Knowledge of the contemporary …

A practical guide to MaxEnt for modeling species' distributions: what it does, and why inputs and settings matter

C Merow, MJ Smith, JA Silander Jr - Ecography, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The MaxEnt software package is one of the most popular tools for species distribution and
environmental niche modeling, with over 1000 published applications since 2006. Its …

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 …

A statistical explanation of MaxEnt for ecologists

J Elith, SJ Phillips, T Hastie, M Dudík… - Diversity and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
MaxEnt is a program for modelling species distributions from presence‐only species
records. This paper is written for ecologists and describes the MaxEnt model from a …

[HTML][HTML] Global hotspots and correlates of emerging zoonotic diseases

T Allen, KA Murray, C Zambrana-Torrelio… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Zoonoses originating from wildlife represent a significant threat to global health, security and
economic growth, and combatting their emergence is a public health priority. However, our …