Socio-economic variables improve accuracy and change spatial predictions in species distribution models

B Bramorska, E Komar, L Maugeri, I Ruczyński… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
In an era marked by increasing anthropogenic pressure, understanding the relations
between human activities and wildlife is crucial for understanding ecological patterns …

Are predators negative or positive predictors of farmland bird species community on a large geographical scale?

JZ Kosicki, P Zduniak, M Ostrowska, M Hromada - Ecological Indicators, 2016 - Elsevier
Species distribution models (SDMs) are numerical tools that combine species
occurrence/density or species richness with environmental data in order to predict particular …

Evaluating 318 continental‐scale species distribution models over a 60‐year prediction horizon: What factors influence the reliability of predictions?

A Morán‐Ordóñez, JJ Lahoz‐Monfort… - Global Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim Species distribution models (SDMs) are currently the most widely used tools in
ecology for evaluating the suitability of environments for biodiversity in the face of future …

Effects of input data sources on species distribution model predictions across species with different distributional ranges

S Arenas‐Castro, A Regos, I Martins… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim A major source of uncertainty in the application of species distribution models (SDMs) is
related to input data quality. Citizen‐collected species occurrence data are often used for …

The usefulness of elevation as a predictor variable in species distribution modelling

AR Hof, R Jansson, C Nilsson - Ecological Modelling, 2012 - Elsevier
Species distribution models (SDMs) are increasingly used to forecast impacts of climate
change on species geographic distributions, but the reliability of predictions is scrutinized …

The economics of land use reveals a selection bias in tree species distribution models

JS Ay, J Guillemot, N Martin‐StPaul… - Global Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aims In human‐dominated ecosystems, the presence of a given species is the result of both
the ecological suitability of the site and human impacts such as land‐use choices. The …

Fine‐scale environmental variation in species distribution modelling: regression dilution, latent variables and neighbourly advice

GJ McInerny, DW Purves - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Developing the next‐generation of species distribution modelling (SDM) requires solutions
to a number of widely recognised problems. Here, we address the problem of uncertainty in …

[PDF][PDF] Species distribution models in conservation biogeography: developments and challenges

J Franklin - Diversity and distributions, 2013 - escholarship.org
Species distribution modelling (SDM) associates georeferenced observations of a biotic
response variable–typically species occurrence or abundance–with multiple environmental …

Discerning the impact of human‐mediated factors on biodiversity using bioclimatic envelope models and partial regression techniques

N Zafra‐Calvo, MA Rodriguez… - Diversity and …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Human‐related pressures are growing in species‐rich regions and pose a threat to the
conservation of biodiversity. Here, we use the available data for five taxonomic groups …

Which species distribution models are more (or less) likely to project broad-scale, climate-induced shifts in species ranges?

LJ Beaumont, E Graham, DE Duursma, PD Wilson… - Ecological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Species distribution models (SDMs) frequently project substantial declines in the spatial
extent of climatically suitable habitat in response to scenarios of future climate change. Such …