Transferring biodiversity models for conservation: Opportunities and challenges

AMM Sequeira, PJ Bouchet, KL Yates… - Methods in Ecology …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
After decades of extensive surveying, knowledge of the global distribution of species still
remains inadequate for many purposes. In the short to medium term, such knowledge is …

Scale of inference: on the sensitivity of habitat models for wide‐ranging marine predators to the resolution of environmental data

KL Scales, EL Hazen, MG Jacox, CA Edwards… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding and predicting the responses of wide‐ranging marine predators such as
cetaceans, seabirds, sharks, turtles, pinnipeds and large migratory fish to dynamic …

[HTML][HTML] Seasonal movements of wildlife and livestock in a heterogenous pastoral landscape: Implications for coexistence and community based conservation

P Tyrrell, S Russell, D Western - Global Ecology and Conservation, 2017 - Elsevier
Rangelands across the world are home to millions of pastoral people and vast wildlife
populations, which create a complex landscape for conservation. Community based …

How to meet new global targets in the offshore realms: Biophysical guidelines for offshore networks of no-take marine protected areas

DM Ceccarelli, K Davey, GP Jones, PT Harris… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Networks of no-take marine protected areas (MPAs), where all extractive activities are
prohibited, are the most effective tool to directly protect marine ecosystems from destructive …

Finding the right fit: Comparative cetacean distribution models using multiple data sources and statistical approaches

S Derville, LG Torres, C Iovan… - Diversity and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Accurate predictions of cetacean distributions are essential to their conservation but are
limited by statistical challenges and a paucity of data. This study aimed at comparing the …

Assessing cetacean surveys throughout the Mediterranean Sea: A gap analysis in environmental space

L Mannocci, JJ Roberts, PN Halpin, M Authier… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Heterogeneous data collection in the marine environment has led to large gaps in our
knowledge of marine species distributions. To fill these gaps, models calibrated on existing …

Dsmextra: Extrapolation assessment tools for density surface models

PJ Bouchet, DL Miller, JJ Roberts… - Methods in Ecology …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Forecasting the responses of biodiversity to global change has never been more important.
However, many ecologists faced with limited sample sizes and shoestring budgets often …

Modeling the potential distribution and richness of cetaceans in the Azores from fisheries observer program data

M Tobeña, R Prieto, M Machete… - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Marine spatial planning and ecological research call for high-resolution species distribution
data. However, those data are still not available for most marine large vertebrates. The …

Predicting cetacean distributions in data‐poor marine ecosystems

JV Redfern, TJ Moore, PC Fiedler… - Diversity and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Human activities are creating conservation challenges for cetaceans. Spatially explicit
risk assessments can be used to address these challenges, but require species distribution …

Extrapolating cetacean densities to quantitatively assess human impacts on populations in the high seas

L Mannocci, JJ Roberts, DL Miller… - Conservation …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
As human activities expand beyond national jurisdictions to the high seas, there is an
increasing need to consider anthropogenic impacts to species inhabiting these waters. The …