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 …

High exposure to warming from climate change is expected to threaten biodiversity by
pushing many species toward extinction. Such exposure is often assessed for all taxa at a …

Groundwater is considered one of the most valuable fresh water resources. The main
objective of this study was to produce groundwater spring potential maps in the Koohrang …

Groundwater is considered as the most important natural resources in arid and semi-arid
regions. In this study, the application of random forest (RF) and maximum entropy (ME) …

Aim Species often remain undetected at sites where they are present. However, the impact
of imperfect detection on species distribution models (SDM s) is not fully appreciated. In this …

The study is the first attempt to assess the role of climatic predictors in the rise of COVID-19
intensity in the Russian climatic region. The study used the Random Forest algorithm to …

Over the last two decades, a large number of camera trap surveys have been carried out
around the world and camera traps have been proposed as an ideal tool for inventorying …

While multi‐species occupancy models (MSOMs) are emerging as a popular method for
analyzing biodiversity data, formal checking and validation approaches for this class of …

Strategic conservation efforts for cryptic species, especially bats, are hindered by limited
understanding of distribution and population trends. Integrating long‐term encounter …

Habitat loss and fragmentation are among the biggest threats to amphibian populations and
anthropogenic climate change may exacerbate these. The response of Iran's amphibians to …