Standards for distribution models in biodiversity assessments

MB Araújo, RP Anderson, A Márcia Barbosa… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Demand for models in biodiversity assessments is rising, but which models are adequate for
the task? We propose a set of best-practice standards and detailed guidelines enabling …

Cross‐validation strategies for data with temporal, spatial, hierarchical, or phylogenetic structure

DR Roberts, V Bahn, S Ciuti, MS Boyce, J Elith… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological data often show temporal, spatial, hierarchical (random effects), or phylogenetic
structure. Modern statistical approaches are increasingly accounting for such dependencies …

A standard protocol for reporting species distribution models

D Zurell, J Franklin, C König, PJ Bouchet… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Species distribution models (SDMs) constitute the most common class of models across
ecology, evolution and conservation. The advent of ready‐to‐use software packages and …

[BUKU][B] Habitat suitability and distribution models: with applications in R

A Guisan, W Thuiller, NE Zimmermann - 2017 - books.google.com
This book introduces the key stages of niche-based habitat suitability model building,
evaluation and prediction required for understanding and predicting future patterns of …

Evaluating collinearity effects on species distribution models: An approach based on virtual species simulation

P De Marco, CC Nóbrega - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The increasing use of species distribution modeling (SDM) has raised new concerns
regarding the inaccuracies, misunderstanding, and misuses of this important tool. One of …

A comprehensive evaluation of predictive performance of 33 species distribution models at species and community levels

A Norberg, N Abrego, FG Blanchet… - Ecological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
A large array of species distribution model (SDM) approaches has been developed for
explaining and predicting the occurrences of individual species or species assemblages …

A practical guide to MaxEnt for modeling species' distributions: what it does, and why inputs and settings matter

C Merow, MJ Smith, JA Silander Jr - Ecography, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The MaxEnt software package is one of the most popular tools for species distribution and
environmental niche modeling, with over 1000 published applications since 2006. Its …

Where is positional uncertainty a problem for species distribution modelling?

B Naimi, NAS Hamm, TA Groen, AK Skidmore… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Species data held in museum and herbaria, survey data and opportunistically observed data
are a substantial information resource. A key challenge in using these data is the uncertainty …

ENVIREM: an expanded set of bioclimatic and topographic variables increases flexibility and improves performance of ecological niche modeling

PO Title, JB Bemmels - Ecography, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Species distribution modeling is a valuable tool with many applications across ecology and
evolutionary biology. The selection of biologically meaningful environmental variables that …

A brief introduction to mixed effects modelling and multi-model inference in ecology

XA Harrison, L Donaldson, ME Correa-Cano, J Evans… - PeerJ, 2018 - peerj.com
The use of linear mixed effects models (LMMs) is increasingly common in the analysis of
biological data. Whilst LMMs offer a flexible approach to modelling a broad range of data …