Background A principal function of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) is to “perform regular and timely assessments …
The ocean contains unique biodiversity, provides valuable food resources and is a major sink for anthropogenic carbon. Marine protected areas (MPAs) are an effective tool for …
KR Crooks, CL Burdett, DM Theobald… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Although habitat fragmentation is often assumed to be a primary driver of extinction, global patterns of fragmentation and its relationship to extinction risk have not been consistently …
Abstract Information on where species occur is an important component of conservation and management decisions, but knowledge of distributions is often coarse or incomplete …
Species distribution models (SDMs) are increasingly proposed to support conservation decision making. However, evidence of SDMs supporting solutions for on‐ground …
Aim Advancement in ecological methods predicting species distributions is a crucial precondition for deriving sound management actions. Maximum entropy (MaxEnt) models …
B Leroy, R Delsol, B Hugueny… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The discriminating capacity (ie ability to correctly classify presences and absences) of species distribution models (SDM s) is commonly evaluated with metrics such as the area …
In an era of accelerated biodiversity loss and limited conservation resources, systematic prioritization of species and places is essential. In terrestrial vertebrates, evolutionary …
The distributions of many species are dynamic in space and time, and movements made by individuals range from regular and predictable migrations to erratic, resource‐driven …