Integrating remote sensing with ecology and evolution to advance biodiversity conservation

J Cavender-Bares, FD Schneider, MJ Santos… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Remote sensing has transformed the monitoring of life on Earth by revealing spatial and
temporal dimensions of biological diversity through structural, compositional and functional …

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 …

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 …

Co‐occurrence is not evidence of ecological interactions

FG Blanchet, K Cazelles, D Gravel - Ecology Letters, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
There is a rich amount of information in co‐occurrence (presence–absence) data that could
be used to understand community assembly. This proposition first envisioned by Forbes …

A climate risk analysis of Earth's forests in the 21st century

WRL Anderegg, C Wu, N Acil, N Carvalhais, TAM Pugh… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Earth's forests harbor extensive biodiversity and are currently a major carbon sink. Forest
conservation and restoration can help mitigate climate change; however, climate change …

Global protected areas as refuges for amphibians and reptiles under climate change

C Mi, L Ma, M Yang, X Li, S Meiri, U Roll… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Protected Areas (PAs) are the cornerstone of biodiversity conservation. Here, we
collated distributional data for> 14,000 (~ 70% of) species of amphibians and reptiles …

A comparison between Ensemble and MaxEnt species distribution modelling approaches for conservation: A case study with Egyptian medicinal plants

E Kaky, V Nolan, A Alatawi, F Gilbert - Ecological Informatics, 2020 - Elsevier
Understanding the relationship between the geographical distribution of taxa and their
environmental conditions is a key concept in ecology and conservation. The use of …

Ecological niche models and species distribution models in marine environments: A literature review and spatial analysis of evidence

SM Melo-Merino, H Reyes-Bonilla, A Lira-Noriega - Ecological Modelling, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, the use of ecological niche models (ENMs) and species distribution models
(SDMs) to explore the patterns and processes behind observed distribution of species has …

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 …