Avian SDMs: current state, challenges, and opportunities

JO Engler, D Stiels, K Schidelko… - Journal of Avian …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying species distributions using species distribution models (SDMs) has emerged as
a central method in modern biogeography. These empirical models link species occurrence …

Gaps and opportunities in modelling human influence on species distributions in the Anthropocene

VF Frans, J Liu - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding species distributions is a global priority for mitigating environmental
pressures from human activities. Ample studies have identified key environmental (climate …

Macroecology in the age of Big Data–Where to go from here?

RO Wüest, NE Zimmermann, D Zurell… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recent years have seen an exponential increase in the amount of data available in all
sciences and application domains. Macroecology is part of this “Big Data” trend, with a …

The role of thermal tolerance in determining elevational distributions of four arthropod taxa in mountain ranges of southern Asia

I Khaliq, MJ Shahid, H Kamran, M Sheraz… - Journal of Animal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the role of thermal tolerances in determining species distributions is
important for assessing species responses to climate change. Two hypotheses linking …

Effects of climate change and land cover on the distributions of a critical tree family in the Philippines

SEH Pang, JDT De Alban, EL Webb - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Southeast Asian forests are dominated by the tree family Dipterocarpaceae, whose
abundance and diversity are key to maintaining the structure and function of tropical forests …

Integrating demography, dispersal and interspecific interactions into bird distribution models

D Zurell - Journal of Avian Biology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Species' ranges are primarily limited by the physiological (abiotic) tolerance of the species,
described by their fundamental niche. Additionally, demographic processes, dispersal, and …

Towards more integration of physiology, dispersal and land-use change to understand the responses of species to climate change

C Hof - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
The accelerating biodiversity crisis, for which climate change has become an important
driver, urges the scientific community for answers to the question of whether and how …

Vanishing islands in the sky? A comparison of correlation‐and mechanism‐based forecasts of range dynamics for montane salamanders under climate change

MP Lyons, KH Kozak - Ecography, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Forecasting the effects of climate change on species and populations is a fundamental goal
of conservation biology, especially for montane endemics which seemingly are under the …

Modeling the Wintering Habitat Distribution of the Black Stork in Shaanxi, China: A Hierarchical Integration of Climate and Land Use/Land Cover Data

Y Tuohetahong, R Lu, F Gan, M Li, X Ye, X Yu - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Climate and land use/land cover changes are key factors that significantly
impact the distribution of wild species. The black stork, an endangered bird with a high …

Time of emergence of novel climates for North American migratory bird populations

FA La Sorte, D Fink, A Johnston - Ecography, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
To better understand the ecological implications of global climate change for species that
display geographically and seasonally dynamic life‐history strategies, we need to determine …