megaSDM: integrating dispersal and time‐step analyses into species distribution models

BR Shipley, R Bach, Y Do, H Strathearn… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding how species ranges shift as climates rapidly change informs us how to
effectively conserve vulnerable species. Species distribution models (SDMs) are an …

Historical biogeography shapes functional ecology: inter‐continental contrasts in responses of savanna ant communities to stress and disturbance

AN Andersen, HL Vasconcelos - Journal of Biogeography, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Most comparative studies of biological communities in different biogeographical regions
highlight ecological convergence under matched environments. Here we use savanna ant …

A comparison of macroecological and stacked species distribution models to predict future global terrestrial vertebrate richness

MF Biber, A Voskamp, A Niamir… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Predicting future changes in species richness in response to climate change is one of
the key challenges in biogeography and conservation ecology. Stacked species distribution …

One model to rule them all: identifying priority bat habitats from multi‐species habitat suitability models

SM Gaulke, AB Cable, TC Hohoff… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Bats are important components of global ecosystems, providing essential ecosystem
services with substantial economic benefit. Yet North American bat populations have been …

Using stacked SDMs with accuracy and rarity weighting to optimize surveys for rare plant species

H Rosner-Katz, JL McCune, JR Bennett - Biodiversity and Conservation, 2020 - Springer
Effective conservation of rare species requires reasonable knowledge of population
locations. However, surveys for rare species can be time-intensive and therefore expensive …

How does spatial extent and environmental limits affect the accuracy of species richness estimates from ecological niche models? A case study with North American …

MM Nizamani, M Papeş, HF Wang… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Measuring species richness at varying spatial extents can be challenging, especially at
large extents where exhaustive species surveys are difficult or impossible. Our work aimed …

Integrating data from different taxonomic resolutions to better estimate community alpha diversity

KP Adjei, C Carvell, NJB Isaac, F Mancini… - Ecography, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Integrated distribution models (IDMs), in which datasets with different properties are
analysed together, are becoming widely used to model species distributions and abundance …

Megadiversity in the Ant Genus Melophorus: The M. rufoniger Heterick, Castalanelli and Shattuck Species Group in the Top End of Australia's Northern Territory

AN Andersen, BD Hoffmann, SK Oberprieler - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study contributes to an understanding of megadiversity in the arid-adapted ant genus
Melophorus by presenting an integrated genetic, morphological and distributional analysis …

Mapping potential plant species richness over large areas with deep learning, MODIS, and species distribution models

H Choe, J Chi, JH Thorne - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
The spatial patterns of species richness can be used as indicators for conservation and
restoration, but data problems, including the lack of species surveys and geographical data …

Vegetation mapping to support greater sage‐grouse habitat monitoring and management: multi‐or univariate approach?

EB Henderson, DM Bell, MJ Gregory - Ecosphere, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation planning for wildlife species requires mapping and assessment of habitat
suitability across broad areas, often relying on a diverse suite, or stack, of geospatial data …