Collinearity refers to the non independence of predictor variables, usually in a regression‐
type analysis. It is a common feature of any descriptive ecological data set and can be a …

Ecological data often show temporal, spatial, hierarchical (random effects), or phylogenetic
structure. Modern statistical approaches are increasingly accounting for such dependencies …

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 …

This software note announces a new open‐source release of the Maxent software for
modeling species distributions from occurrence records and environmental data, and …

Since the year 2000, a concerted campaign against malaria has led to unprecedented levels
of intervention coverage across sub-Saharan Africa. Understanding the effect of this control …

Dengue is a systemic viral infection transmitted between humans by Aedes mosquitoes. For
some patients, dengue is a life-threatening illness. There are currently no licensed vaccines …

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

Dengue and chikungunya are increasing global public health concerns due to their rapid
geographical spread and increasing disease burden. Knowledge of the contemporary …

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 …

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 …