To conserve biodiversity, it is necessary to understand how species are distributed and
which aspects of the environment determine distributions. In large parts of the world and for …

Motivated by the need to solve ecological problems (climate change, habitat fragmentation
and biological invasions), there has been increasing interest in species distribution models …

Two prominent limitations of species distribution models (SDM s) are spatial biases in
existing occurrence data and a lack of spatially explicit predictor variables to fully capture …

Conflicts between the conservation of biodiversity and other human activities occur in all
habitats and can impact severely upon socio-economic and biological parameters. In a …

Assessing the level of diversity in plant communities from field‐based data is difficult for a
number of practical reasons:(1) establishing the number of sampling units to be investigated …

Conservation science strives to inform management decisions. Applying niche models in
concert with future climate projections to project species vulnerability to extinction, range …

Open-source biodiversity databases contain a large number of species occurrence records
but are often spatially biased; which affects the reliability of species distribution models …

The re-introduction of extirpated species is a valuable conservation tool. Red kites Milvus
milvus are declining over much of their European range and have been re-introduced to …

Many game species are prey species and evolved to cope with significant mortality by
natural predators. In the absence of predation or hunting, these game populations will be …

Burning for habitat management is globally widespread. Burning over carbon-rich soils is a
global environmental concern due to the potential contribution to climate change. In the UK …