The design and implementation of effective environmental policies need to be informed by a
holistic understanding of the system processes (biophysical, social and economic), their …

Many coastal and offshore fish species are highly dependent on specific habitat types for
population maintenance. In the Baltic Sea, shallow productive habitats in the coastal zone …

The prediction of stream water temperature presents an interesting topic since the water
temperature has a significant ecological and economical role, such as in species …

Species distribution modelling (SDM) is widely used in ecology, and predictions of species
distributions inform both policy and ecological debates. Therefore, methods with high …

The classical tools in spatial statistics are stationary models, like the Matérn field. However,
in some applications there are boundaries, holes, or physical barriers in the study area, eg a …

Predictive species distribution models are mostly based on statistical dependence between
environmental and distributional data and therefore may fail to account for physiological …

Abstract Aim Species distribution models (SDMs) are an effective tool to explore the
potential distribution of terrestrial, freshwater and marine organisms; however, SDMs have …

Productive fisheries are strongly linked to the ecological state of the essential habitats. In this
study, we developed a methodology to assess the most important reproduction habitats of …

Invasive exotic plants may compromise the survival, growth, and reproduction of native
species and are among the leading causes of worldwide biodiversity losses. Climate …

Species invasions are expected to increase continuously with undeniable impact upon
native biodiversity, being an important process in relation to the decline of native pollinators …