Abstract Species Distribution Modelling (SDM) techniques were originally developed in the
mid-1980s. In this century they are gaining increasing attention in the literature and in …

The MaxEnt software package is one of the most popular tools for species-distribution
modeling. Despite its popularity, researchers usually underestimate the influence of the …

Species distribution models (SDMs) constitute the most common class of models across
ecology, evolution and conservation. The advent of ready‐to‐use software packages and …

The use of correlative ecological niche models has highly increased in the last decade.
Despite all literature and textbooks in this field, few practical guidelines exist on the correct …

Current conservation policy has been shaped by the expectation that, for many species,
places with suitable climate will lie outside their current range, thus leading to predictions of …

SDMtoolbox 2.0 is a software package for spatial studies of ecology, evolution, and genetics.
The release of SDMtoolbox 2.0 allows researchers to use the most current ArcGIS software …

Paeonia (Paeoniaceae), an economically important plant genus, includes many popular
ornamentals and medicinal plant species used in traditional Chinese medicine. Little is …

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 …

Acarological surveys in areas outside the currently believed leading edge of the distribution
of lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum), coupled with recent reports of their …