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 …

Identifying suitable habitats for endangered species is critical in order to promote their
recovery. However, conventional species distribution models (SDMs) need large amounts of …

Sulawesi Island is an island located in the Wallacea area. Most of the fauna on the island of
Sulawesi is a transitional fauna from Australia and Asia. This study aims to model the …

For decades, the evolutionary role of melanism in reptiles has been highly debated.
According to the thermal melanism hypothesis, melanistic phenotypes should provide …

Invasion risk assessments are essential for making informed decisions, allocating resources,
and implementing targeted strategies to prevent or minimize the harmful effects of invasive …

Biodiversity is declining worldwide with habitat loss and climate change being among the
main threats. While it is easy to quantify habitat loss, the impacts of climate change are less …

-Ban the trade of non-native species for consumption as food or derived products and for
personal use (ie, as pets).-Ban the trade of native species when they do not originate from …

Simple Summary Thermal tolerance can help understand species' response to climate
change, but regional scale data is missing. We filled this gap by investigating intraspecific …

In a time of increasing climate uncertainty, it is ever important to identify and preserve
refuges for species, optimizing the effort to cover the largest possible number of clades …

Although thermal tolerance along geographical gradients gives an insight into species'
response to climate change, current studies on thermal tolerance are strongly skewed …