The delineation of essential fish habitats is necessary to identify, design and prioritize
efficient marine protected area (MPA) networks with fishery objectives, capable, in addition …

Species distributions are often simplified to binary representations of the ranges where they
are present and absent. It is then common to look for changes in these ranges as indicators …

Maximum entropy (MaxEnt) modelling, as implemented in the Maxent software, has rapidly
become one of the most popular methods for distribution modelling. Originally, MaxEnt was …

In this study, we explored the potential benefits of using bias correction and ensemble
modelling for the prediction of soil properties and assessment of related uncertainty. The …

Modelling dolphin distribution is key for understanding their ecology and for their
conservation and management. Information on the distribution and preferred habitats of …

As the impacts of global climate change on species are increasingly evident, there is a clear
need to adapt conservation efforts worldwide. Species vulnerability assessments (VAs) are …

Cremastra appendiculata (Orchidaceae) is a perennial medicinal herb, which is included in
the national second-class protected plant catalog in China. Due to the influences of climate …

Species distribution models are used to aid our understanding of the processes driving the
spatial patterns of species' habitats. This approach has received criticism, however, largely …

Ecotones are important landscape features where there is a transition between adjoining
ecosystems. However, there are few generalized hypotheses about the response of …

Questions Vegetation mapping based on field surveys is time‐consuming and expensive.
Distribution modelling might be used to overcome these challenges. What is the …