Interpretation of models of fundamental ecological niches and species' distributional areas
Issue Date
2005Author
Soberón, Jorge
Publisher
University of Kansas
Type
Article
Article Version
Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
Published Version
https://journals.ku.edu/index.php/jbi/article/view/4/2Metadata
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Estimation of the dimensions of fundamental ecological niches of species to predict their
geographic distributions is increasingly being attempted in systematics, ecology, conservation, public health,
etc. This technique is often (of necessity) based on data comprising records of presences only. In recent years, modeling approaches have been devised to estimate these interrelated expressions of a species’ ecology, distributional biology, and evolutionary history—nevertheless, a formal basis in ecological and evolutionary theory has largely been lacking. In this paper, we outline such a formal basis to clarify the use
of techniques applied to the challenge of estimating ‘ecological niches;’ we analyze example situations that can be modeled using these techniques, and clarify interpretation of results.
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Soberón, J., and A. T. Peterson. 2005. Interpretation of models of fundamental ecological niches and species' distributional areas. Biodiversity Informatics 2:1-10.
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