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 …

What we use is not what we know: environmental predictors in plant distribution models

HK Mod, D Scherrer, M Luoto… - Journal of Vegetation …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Aims The choice of environmental predictor variables in correlative models of plant species
distributions (hereafter SDM s) is crucial to ensure predictive accuracy and model realism …

Using species richness and functional traits predictions to constrain assemblage predictions from stacked species distribution models

M D'Amen, A Dubuis, RF Fernandes… - Journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Modelling species distributions at the community level is required to make effective
forecasts of global change impacts on diversity and ecosystem functioning. Community …

Reconstructing palaeoclimatic variables from fossil pollen using boosted regression trees: comparison and synthesis with other quantitative reconstruction methods

JS Salonen, M Luoto, T Alenius, M Heikkilä… - Quaternary Science …, 2014 - Elsevier
We test and analyse a new calibration method, boosted regression trees (BRTs) in
palaeoclimatic reconstructions based on fossil pollen assemblages. We apply BRTs to …

The increase of an allelopathic and unpalatable plant undermines reindeer pasture quality and current management in the Norwegian tundra

MW Tuomi, TA Utsi, NG Yoccoz… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Ongoing Arctic greening can increase productivity and reindeer pasture quality in the tundra.
However, greening may also entail proliferation of unpalatable species, with consequences …

Are we failing to protect threatened mangroves in the Sundarbans world heritage ecosystem?

SK Sarker, R Reeve, J Thompson, NK Paul… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
The Sundarbans, the largest mangrove ecosystem in the world, is under threat from
historical and future human exploitation and sea level rise. Limited scientific knowledge on …

Soil moisture's underestimated role in climate change impact modelling in low‐energy systems

PC le Roux, J Aalto, M Luoto - Global change biology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Shifts in precipitation regimes are an inherent component of climate change, but in low‐
energy systems are often assumed to be less important than changes in temperature …

Very high resolution environmental predictors in species distribution models: moving beyond topography?

JN Pradervand, A Dubuis, L Pellissier… - Progress in …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent advances in remote sensing technologies have facilitated the generation of very
high resolution (VHR) environmental data. Exploratory studies suggested that, if used in …

Effects of biotic interactions on modeled species' distribution can be masked by environmental gradients

W Godsoe, J Franklin, FG Blanchet - Ecology and evolution, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
A fundamental goal of ecology is to understand the determinants of species' distributions (ie,
the set of locations where a species is present). Competition among species (ie, interactions …

Scale dependence of ecological assembly rules: Insights from empirical datasets and joint species distribution modelling

HK Mod, M Chevalier, M Luoto, A Guisan - Journal of Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A comprehensive understanding of the scale dependency of environmental filtering and
biotic interactions influencing the local assembly of species is paramount to derive realistic …