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 fraction of the current environmental crisis derives from the large rates of human-
driven biodiversity loss. Biodiversity conservation questions human practices towards …

Protected areas (PAs) are a cornerstone of global efforts to shield wildlife from
anthropogenic impacts, yet their effectiveness at protecting wide-ranging species prone to …

SOMMERFELTIA 36 (2013) Halvorsen: A strict maximum likelihood explanation of MaxEnt,...
2 illustrate important issues relating to MaxEnt methodology. Arguments for development of …

Aim Species distribution models are important tools used to study the distribution and
abundance of organisms relative to abiotic variables. Dynamic local interactions among …

There is global interest in quantifying changing biodiversity in human-modified landscapes.
Ecoacoustics may offer a promising pathway for supporting multi-taxa monitoring, but its …

Throughout central Argentina the distribution of puma (Puma concolor) has substantially
contracted and appears to be restricted to relatively pristine areas. We identified factors …

Abstract Information on the spatial patterns and habitat preferences of marine species is key
to understand the functioning of marine ecosystem and to manage and protect marine …

Estimating density and population size is often more challenging than measuring indices of
abundance because of uncertainty about the effective area of surveys. We combined …

The main goal of this study was to estimate the geographic distribution of Artemisia aucheri
and Bromus tomentellus-Festuca ovina habitat using the maximum entropy modeling …