Shedding light on the effects of climate and anthropogenic pressures on the disappearance of Fagus sylvatica in the Italian lowlands: Evidence from archaeo …

MP Buonincontri, L Bosso, S Smeraldo… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Fagus sylvatica is one of the most representative trees of the European deciduous
broadleaved forests, yet the impact of changing climatic conditions and anthropogenic …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating citizen science and spatial ecology to inform management and conservation of the Italian seahorses

L Bosso, R Panzuto, R Balestrieri, S Smeraldo… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Citizen science and spatial ecology analyses can inform species distributions, habitat
preferences, and threats in elusive and endangered species such as seahorses. Through a …

Uncertainty matters: ascertaining where specimens in natural history collections come from and its implications for predicting species distributions

A Marcer, AD Chapman, JR Wieczorek… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Natural history collections (NHCs) represent an enormous and largely untapped wealth of
information on the Earth's biota, made available through GBIF as digital preserved specimen …

Correcting for the effects of class imbalance improves the performance of machine-learning based species distribution models

DJ Benkendorf, SD Schwartz, DR Cutler… - Ecological Modelling, 2023 - Elsevier
Numerous methods have been developed to combat the unwanted effects of imbalanced
training data on the performance of machine-learning based predictive models. These …

Effect of study area extent on the potential distribution of Species: A case study with models for Raoiella indica Hirst (Acari: Tenuipalpidae)

G Amaro, EG Fidelis, RS da Silva, CA Marchioro - Ecological Modelling, 2023 - Elsevier
Ecological niche models are used to quantify the relationships between known occurrence
records of a given species and environmental variables at these locations. Maxent is among …

Ecological niche models using MaxEnt in Google Earth Engine: Evaluation, guidelines and recommendations

JC Campos, N Garcia, J Alírio, S Arenas-Castro… - Ecological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Google Earth Engine (GEE) has revolutionized geospatial analyses by fast-
processing formerly demanding analyses from multiple research areas. Recently, maximum …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change effects on multi-taxa pollinator diversity and distribution along the elevation gradient of Mount Olympus, Greece

K Minachilis, K Kougioumoutzis, T Petanidou - Ecological Indicators, 2021 - Elsevier
Climate change is predicted to dramatically affect mountain biodiversity and especially
mountain pollination systems due to the mutual dependence between plants and pollinators …

Effects of input data sources on species distribution model predictions across species with different distributional ranges

S Arenas‐Castro, A Regos, I Martins… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim A major source of uncertainty in the application of species distribution models (SDMs) is
related to input data quality. Citizen‐collected species occurrence data are often used for …

Modeling of Valeriana wallichii Habitat Suitability and Niche Dynamics in the Himalayan Region under Anticipated Climate Change

P Kumari, IA Wani, S Khan, S Verma, S Mushtaq… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In the modern era of the anthropocene, an increase in the accumulation of
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has resulted in the global rise of the Earth's …

Climate change and ecosystem shifts in the southwestern United States

GM Harris, SE Sesnie, DR Stewart - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Climate change shifts ecosystems, altering their compositions and instigating transitions,
making climate change the predominant driver of ecosystem instability. Land management …