Housed worldwide, mostly in museums and herbaria, is a vast collection of biological
specimens developed over centuries. These biological collections, and associated …

Plant specimens stored in herbaria are being used as never before to document the impacts
of global change on humans and nature. However, published statistics on the use of …

Species distribution models (SDMs) are widely used to predict the occurrence of species.
Because SDMs generally use presence‐only data, validation of the predicted distribution …

Summary 1 In recent years the use of species distribution models by ecologists and
conservation managers has increased considerably, along with an awareness of the need to …

To investigate the comparative abilities of six different bioclimatic models in an independent
area, utilizing the distribution of eight different species available at a global scale and in …

We aimed to assess different methods for evaluating performance accuracy in species
distribution models based on the application of five types of bioclimatic models under three …

In this paper we aim to investigate the problems and potentialities of species distribution
modeling (SDM) as a tool for conservation planning and policy development and …

This study provides a Borneo‐wide, quantitative assessment of botanical richness and
endemicity at a high spatial resolution, and based on actual collection data. To overcome …

Vitellaria paradoxa, the shea tree, an economically important fruit-tree species native to
savanna regions is threatened in Burkina Faso due to overexploitation and changing land …

Abstract Background, Aim and Scope During the last decades ecological conditions in West
Africa have dramatically changed. Very evident is the climate change, which has resulted in …