In the last two decades, interest in species distribution models (SDMs) of plants and animals
has grown dramatically. Recent advances in SDMs allow us to potentially forecast …

Species distribution models (SDMs) are numerical tools that combine observations of
species occurrence or abundance with environmental estimates. They are used to gain …

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

INTRODUCTION Individual processes that shape geographical patterns of biodiversity are
increasingly understood, but their complex interactions on broad spatial and temporal scales …

Species distribution models are increasingly used to address questions in conservation
biology, ecology and evolution. The most effective species distribution models require data …

Using known occurrences of species and correlational modeling approaches has become a
common paradigm in broad-scale ecology and biogeography, yet important aspects of the …

Prediction of species' distributions is central to diverse applications in ecology, evolution and
conservation science. There is increasing electronic access to vast sets of occurrence …

Aim To evaluate the evolutionary conservatism of coarse‐resolution Grinnellian (or
scenopoetic) ecological niches. Location Global. Methods I review a broad swathe of …

Aim The oceans harbour a great diversity of organisms whose distribution and ecological
preferences are often poorly understood. Species distribution modelling (SDM) could …

Aim Techniques that predict species potential distributions by combining observed
occurrence records with environmental variables show much potential for application across …