Quantitative evaluations to optimize complexity have become standard for avoiding
overfitting of ecological niche models (ENMs) that estimate species' potential geographic …

Species distribution modeling is a valuable tool with many applications across ecology and
evolutionary biology. The selection of biologically meaningful environmental variables that …

Aim Climate change has increased the risk of biological invasions, particularly by increasing
the climatically suitable regions for invasive alien species. The distribution of many native …

Members of Haloxylon are unique key species in the deserts of Central Asia (including
Soviet Central Asia (SCA) and Xinjiang, China (XJ)). The region is a hotspot of global …

Meconopsis punicea is an iconic ornamental and medicinal plant whose natural habitat has
degraded under global climate change, posing a serious threat to the future survival of the …

Bumblebees in Europe have been in steady decline since the 1900s. This decline is
expected to continue with climate change as the main driver. However, at the local scale …

Worldwide, amphibians are threatened by several factors including climate change and
pathogens. One emerging fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium salamandrivorans (Bsal) has …

Background: Lyme disease (LD) is a bacterial infection transmitted by the black-legged tick
(Ixodes scapularis) in eastern North America. It is an emerging disease in Canada due to the …

Aim Conservation planning requires the prioritization of a subset of taxa and geographical
locations to focus monitoring and management efforts. Integration of the threats and …

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 …