Species distribution models rarely predict the biology of real populations

J A. Lee‐Yaw, J L. McCune, S Pironon, S N. Sheth - Ecography, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Species distribution models (SDMs) are widely used in ecology. In theory, SDMs capture (at
least part of) species' ecological niches and can be used to make inferences about the …

A checklist for maximizing reproducibility of ecological niche models

X Feng, DS Park, C Walker, AT Peterson… - Nature Ecology & …, 2019 - nature.com
Reporting specific modelling methods and metadata is essential to the reproducibility of
ecological studies, yet guidelines rarely exist regarding what information should be noted …

Want to model a species niche? A step-by-step guideline on correlative ecological niche modelling

N Sillero, S Arenas-Castro, U Enriquez‐Urzelai… - Ecological …, 2021 - Elsevier
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 …

Forecasting the global extent of invasion of the cereal pest Spodoptera frugiperda, the fall armyworm

R Early, P González-Moreno, ST Murphy, R Day - BioRxiv, 2018 - biorxiv.org
Fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is a crop pest native to the Americas, which has
invaded and spread throughout sub-Saharan Africa within two years. Recent estimates of 20 …

Evaluating collinearity effects on species distribution models: An approach based on virtual species simulation

P De Marco, CC Nóbrega - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The increasing use of species distribution modeling (SDM) has raised new concerns
regarding the inaccuracies, misunderstanding, and misuses of this important tool. One of …

The global distribution and burden of dengue

S Bhatt, PW Gething, OJ Brady, JP Messina, AW Farlow… - Nature, 2013 - nature.com
Dengue is a systemic viral infection transmitted between humans by Aedes mosquitoes. For
some patients, dengue is a life-threatening illness. There are currently no licensed vaccines …

A practical guide to MaxEnt for modeling species' distributions: what it does, and why inputs and settings matter

C Merow, MJ Smith, JA Silander Jr - Ecography, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The MaxEnt software package is one of the most popular tools for species distribution and
environmental niche modeling, with over 1000 published applications since 2006. Its …

Mapping species distributions with MAXENT using a geographically biased sample of presence data: a performance assessment of methods for correcting sampling …

Y Fourcade, JO Engler, D Rödder, J Secondi - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
MAXENT is now a common species distribution modeling (SDM) tool used by conservation
practitioners for predicting the distribution of a species from a set of records and …

The area under the precision‐recall curve as a performance metric for rare binary events

HR Sofaer, JA Hoeting… - Methods in Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Species distribution models are used to study biogeographic patterns and guide decision‐
making. The variable quality of these models makes it critical to assess whether a model's …

[HTML][HTML] A bitter cup: climate change profile of global production of Arabica and Robusta coffee

C Bunn, P Läderach, O Ovalle Rivera, D Kirschke - Climatic change, 2015 - Springer
Coffee has proven to be highly sensitive to climate change. Because coffee plantations have
a lifespan of about thirty years, the likely effects of future climates are already a concern …