Ecological niche models and species distribution models in marine environments: A literature review and spatial analysis of evidence

SM Melo-Merino, H Reyes-Bonilla, A Lira-Noriega - Ecological Modelling, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, the use of ecological niche models (ENMs) and species distribution models
(SDMs) to explore the patterns and processes behind observed distribution of species has …

Standards for distribution models in biodiversity assessments

MB Araújo, RP Anderson, A Márcia Barbosa… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Demand for models in biodiversity assessments is rising, but which models are adequate for
the task? We propose a set of best-practice standards and detailed guidelines enabling …

Tropical tree mortality has increased with rising atmospheric water stress

D Bauman, C Fortunel, G Delhaye, Y Malhi… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Evidence exists that tree mortality is accelerating in some regions of the tropics,, with
profound consequences for the future of the tropical carbon sink and the global …

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 …

Common mistakes in ecological niche models

N Sillero, AM Barbosa - International Journal of Geographical …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Ecological niche models (ENMs) are widely used statistical methods to estimate various
types of species niches. After lecturing several editions of introductory courses on ENMs and …

Opening the black box: An open‐source release of Maxent

SJ Phillips, RP Anderson, M Dudík, RE Schapire… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This software note announces a new open‐source release of the Maxent software for
modeling species distributions from occurrence records and environmental data, and …

Collinearity in ecological niche modeling: Confusions and challenges

X Feng, DS Park, Y Liang, R Pandey… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Ecological niche models are widely used in ecology and biogeography. Maxent is one of the
most frequently used niche modeling tools, and many studies have aimed to optimize its …

SDMtoolbox 2.0: the next generation Python-based GIS toolkit for landscape genetic, biogeographic and species distribution model analyses

JL Brown, JR Bennett, CM French - PeerJ, 2017 - peerj.com
SDMtoolbox 2.0 is a software package for spatial studies of ecology, evolution, and genetics.
The release of SDMtoolbox 2.0 allows researchers to use the most current ArcGIS software …

spThin: an R package for spatial thinning of species occurrence records for use in ecological niche models

ME Aiello‐Lammens, RA Boria, A Radosavljevic… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Spatial thinning of species occurrence records can help address problems associated with
spatial sampling biases. Ideally, thinning removes the fewest records necessary to …

Mapping the global potential distributions of two arboviral vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus under changing climate

M Kamal, MA Kenawy, MH Rady, AS Khaled… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Background Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus are the primary vectors that transmit several
arboviral diseases, including dengue, chikungunya, and Zika. The world is presently …