Summary 1 The concept of the ecological niche relates a set of environmental variables to
the fitness of species, while habitat suitability models (HSMs) relate environmental variables …

Designing an efficient sampling strategy is of crucial importance for habitat suitability
modelling. This paper compares four such strategies, namely,'random','regular','proportional …

The loss of biodiversity has become a matter of urgent concern and a better understanding
of local drivers is crucial for conservation. Although environmental heterogeneity is …

Aim This study used data from temperate forest communities to assess:(1) five different
stepwise selection methods with generalized additive models,(2) the effect of weighting …

Understanding the impacts of climate change, landscape composition, topographic
attributes, and anthropogenic disturbance on wildlife distribution is critical to selecting prior …

Abstract Through the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 2010 and 2020 biodiversity
targets, nations committed to reducing the rate of loss of biodiversity. This requires …

Habitat selection models frequently use data collected from a small geographic area over a
short window of time to extrapolate patterns of relative abundance into unobserved areas or …

Severe environmental conditions filter community species compositions, forming clines of
functional diversity along environmental gradients. Here, the changes in functional diversity …

Summary We compared Analysis of Variance (F) and the Welch test (W) with their respective
permutation versions (PF and PW) in terms of Type I error rate (α) and test power (1-β) by …

The damselfly Coenagrion mercuriale (Charpentier)(Odonata: Coenagrionidae) is
threatened throughout Europe. It is listed on the EC Habitats and Species Directive and is …