Populations of many species are genetically adapted to local historical climate conditions.
Yet most forecasts of species' distributions under climate change have ignored local …

Global knowledge about the spatial distribution of species is orders of magnitude coarser in
resolution than other geographically-structured environmental datasets such as topography …

Understanding the relationship between the geographical distribution of taxa and their
environmental conditions is a key concept in ecology and conservation. The use of …

This book introduces the key stages of niche-based habitat suitability model building,
evaluation and prediction required for understanding and predicting future patterns of …

A large array of species distribution model (SDM) approaches has been developed for
explaining and predicting the occurrences of individual species or species assemblages …

Maps of species' distributions or habitat suitability are required for many aspects of
environmental research, resource management and conservation planning. These include …

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 …

Species distribution models predict a wholesale redistribution of trees in the next century, yet
migratory responses necessary to spatially track climates far exceed maximum post‐glacial …

G. Evelyn Hutchinson more than a half century ago proposed that one could characterize the
ecological niche of a species as an abstract mapping of population dynamics onto an …

As the rate and magnitude of climate change accelerate, understanding the consequences
becomes increasingly important. Species distribution models (SDMs) based on current …