Predicting the current and potential distributions of established invasive species is critical for
evaluating management options, but methods for differentiating these distributions have …

Knowledge of factors influencing animal distribution and abundance is essential in many
areas of ecological research, management, and policy‐making. Because common methods …

Species distribution modelling (SDM) is an important tool for ecologists, but different
algorithms and different sampling strategies produce different results. Using virtual species …

An important decision in presence-only species distribution modeling is how to select
background (or pseudo-absence) localities for model parameterization. The selection of …

For the vast majority of cases, it is highly unlikely that all the individuals of a population will
be encountered during a study. Furthermore, it is unlikely that a constant fraction of the …

Changes in study area boundaries can affect inferences of habitat use by wildlife. In
environments with regular patterns of cover dispersion, tests show delineation of study area …

Abstract First described by Efford (2004), spatial capture–recapture (SCR) has become a
popular tool in ecology. Like traditional capture–recapture, SCR methods account for …

Models predicting species spatial distribution are increasingly applied to wildlife
management issues, emphasising the need for reliable methods to evaluate the accuracy of …

Widespread conversion of deciduous forests to agriculture in the midwestern United States
has resulted in landscapes whose remaining native habitats are highly fragmented, with well …

Imperfect detection can seriously bias conventional estimators of species distributions and
species richness. Plant traits, survey‐specific conditions and site‐specific characteristics …