Chilgoza pine is an economically and ecologically important evergreen coniferous tree
species of the dry and rocky temperate zone, and a native of south Asia. This species is …

SDMs are not new to conservation, but their popularity has increased dramatically in recent
years. This step-by-step review provides an overview of the efficacy of SDMs in guiding …

Agricultural expansion to meet humanity's growing needs for food and materials is a leading
driver of land-use change, exacerbating climate change and biodiversity loss. Seaweed …

Quercus infectoria and Quercus libani are two important species distributed across most of
the Kurdistan Region of Iraq's mountain ranges (KRI). They have significant ecological …

Random forest (RF) and MaxEnt models are shallow machine learning approaches that
perform well in predicting species' potential distributions. RF models can produce robust …

Species distribution modelling (SDM) is an important tool to examine the possible change in
the population range and/or niche-shift under current environment and predicted climate …

Climate change and human activities have caused the degeneration of the natural habitats
of medicinal plants. Mentha pulegium L. is one of the most common medicinal plants in …

Identifying climate refugia is key to effective biodiversity conservation under a changing
climate, especially for mountain‐specialist species adapted to cold conditions and highly …

Among different perennial fruit crops, the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) is a major and
oldest crop of many hot, arid to semi-arid regions of the world. From the ancient times of date …

Citizen science and spatial ecology analyses can inform species distributions, habitat
preferences, and threats in elusive and endangered species such as seahorses. Through a …