Species distribution models (SDM s) are used to inform a range of ecological,
biogeographical and conservation applications. However, users often underestimate the …

Building useful models of species distributions requires attention to several important issues,
one being imperfect detection of species. Data sets of species detections are likely to suffer …

Ecological systems can often be characterised by changes among a finite set of underlying
states pertaining to individuals, populations, communities or entire ecosystems through time …

Biological recording is in essence a very simple concept in which a record is the report of a
species at a physical location at a certain time. The collation of these records into a dataset …

Detection in studies of species abundance and distribution is often imperfect. Assuming
perfect detection introduces bias into estimation that can weaken inference upon which …

We examine the evidence linking species' traits to contemporary range shifts and find they
are poor predictors of range shifts that have occurred over decades to a century. We then …

Estimates of species richness and diversity are central to community and macroecology and
are frequently used in conservation planning. Commonly used diversity metrics account for …

Aim During the past decade ecologists have attempted to estimate the parameters of
species distribution models by combining locations of species presence observed in …

In a recent paper, Welsh, Lindenmayer and Donnelly (WLD) question the usefulness of
models that estimate species occupancy while accounting for detectability. WLD claim that …

Interest in, and opportunities to include functional and phylogenetic attributes of species in
community ecology and biogeography are rapidly growing and seen as vital for the …