Species distribution models (SDM): applications, benefits and challenges in invasive species management.

V Srivastava, V Lafond, VC Griess - CABI Reviews, 2019 - cabidigitallibrary.org
The use of species distribution models (SDM) is of increasing popularity when studying
biological invasions, eg to assess the impact of climate change on invasive species, to …

State of the world's amphibians

A Catenazzi - Annual review of environment and resources, 2015 - annualreviews.org
The Anthropocene is characterized by a widespread biodiversity crisis that is rivaling
prehistoric mass extinctions. Amphibians are the most threatened class of vertebrates. In …

Predicting species distributions for conservation decisions

A Guisan, R Tingley, JB Baumgartner… - Ecology …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Species distribution models (SDMs) are increasingly proposed to support conservation
decision making. However, evidence of SDMs supporting solutions for on‐ground …

[HTML][HTML] Global priorities for an effective information basis of biodiversity distributions

C Meyer, H Kreft, R Guralnick, W Jetz - Nature communications, 2015 - nature.com
Gaps in digital accessible information (DAI) on species distributions hamper prospects of
safeguarding biodiversity and ecosystem services, and addressing central ecological and …

Estimating optimal complexity for ecological niche models: a jackknife approach for species with small sample sizes

M Shcheglovitova, RP Anderson - Ecological Modelling, 2013 - Elsevier
Algorithms for producing ecological niche models and species distribution models are
widely applied in biogeography and conservation biology. However, in some cases models …

Accounting for uncertainty when mapping species distributions: the need for maps of ignorance

D Rocchini, J Hortal, S Lengyel… - Progress in …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
Accurate mapping of species distributions is a fundamental goal of modern biogeography,
both for basic and applied purposes. This is commonly done by plotting known species …

Taxonstand: An R package for species names standardisation in vegetation databases

L Cayuela, Í Granzow‐de la Cerda… - Methods in Ecology …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Compilation of vegetation databases has contributed significantly to the advancement of
vegetation science all over the world. Yet, methodological problems result from the use of …

Spatially explicit models for decision‐making in animal conservation and restoration

D Zurell, C König, AK Malchow, S Kapitza… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Models are useful tools for understanding and predicting ecological patterns and processes.
Under ongoing climate and biodiversity change, they can greatly facilitate decision‐making …

Herbarium data: Global biodiversity and societal botanical needs for novel research

SA James, PS Soltis, L Belbin… - Applications in plant …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Building on centuries of research based on herbarium specimens gathered through time
and around the globe, a new era of discovery, synthesis, and prediction using digitized …

Tropical montane cloud forests: current threats and opportunities for their conservation and sustainable management in Mexico

T Toledo-Aceves, JA Meave… - Journal of environmental …, 2011 - Elsevier
Tropical montane cloud forests (TMCF) are among the most threatened ecosystems globally
in spite of their high strategic value for sustainable development due to the key role played …