Caveats for correlative species distribution modeling

CS Jarnevich, TJ Stohlgren, S Kumar, JT Morisette… - Ecological …, 2015 - Elsevier
Correlative species distribution models are becoming commonplace in the scientific
literature and public outreach products, displaying locations, abundance, or suitable …

Benthos distribution modelling and its relevance for marine ecosystem management

H Reiss, S Birchenough, A Borja… - ICES Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The marine ecosystem is known to be influenced by a combination of physical, chemical,
and biological components, which has a direct influence on the integrity of species and …

Development and delivery of species distribution models to inform decision-making

HR Sofaer, CS Jarnevich, IS Pearse, RL Smyth… - …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Information on where species occur is an important component of conservation and
management decisions, but knowledge of distributions is often coarse or incomplete …

The area under the precision‐recall curve as a performance metric for rare binary events

HR Sofaer, JA Hoeting… - Methods in Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Species distribution models are used to study biogeographic patterns and guide decision‐
making. The variable quality of these models makes it critical to assess whether a model's …

Can species distribution models really predict the expansion of invasive species?

M Barbet-Massin, Q Rome, C Villemant, F Courchamp - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Predictive studies are of paramount importance for biological invasions, one of the biggest
threats for biodiversity. To help and better prioritize management strategies, species …

Species distribution model transferability and model grain size–finer may not always be better

SA Manzoor, G Griffiths, M Lukac - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Species distribution models have been used to predict the distribution of invasive species for
conservation planning. Understanding spatial transferability of niche predictions is critical to …

Opportunistic citizen science data transform understanding of species distributions, phenology, and diversity gradients for global change research

P Soroye, N Ahmed, JT Kerr - Global change biology, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Opportunistic citizen science (CS) programs allow volunteers to report species observations
from anywhere, at any time, and can assemble large volumes of historic and current data at …

Ecologically sustainable weed management: how do we get from proof‐of‐concept to adoption?

M Liebman, B Baraibar, Y Buckley… - Ecological …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Weed management is a critically important activity on both agricultural and non‐agricultural
lands, but it is faced with a daunting set of challenges: environmental damage caused by …

Barriers to globally invasive species are weakening across the Antarctic

GA Duffy, BWT Coetzee, G Latombe… - Diversity and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Biological invasions are a substantial threat to Antarctic biodiversity and a priority
conservation policy focus for Antarctic Treaty Parties and the sovereign states of surrounding …

Citizen science contributes to our knowledge of invasive plant species distributions

AW Crall, CS Jarnevich, NE Young, BJ Panke… - Biological …, 2015 - Springer
Citizen science is commonly cited as an effective approach to expand the scale of invasive
species data collection and monitoring. However, researchers often hesitate to use these …