The crucial role of the accessible area in ecological niche modeling and species distribution modeling
Abstract
Using known occurrences of species and correlational modeling approaches has become a common paradigm in broad-scale ecology and biogeography, yet important aspects of the methodology remain little-explored in terms of conceptual basis. Here, we explore the conceptual and empirical reasons behind choice of extent of study area in such analyses, and offer practical, but conceptually justified, reasoning for such decisions. We assert that the area that has been accessible to the species of interest over relevant time periods represents the ideal area for model development, testing, and comparison.
Document Type
Article
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2011.02.011
Keywords
Accessible area, Area of distribution, Ecological niche, Geographic extent, Pleistocene
Publication Date
6-10-2011
Recommended Citation
Barve, Narayani, Vijay Barve, Alberto Jiménez-Valverde, Andrés Lira-Noriega, Sean P. Maher, A. Townsend Peterson, Jorge Soberón, and Fabricio Villalobos. "The crucial role of the accessible area in ecological niche modeling and species distribution modeling." Ecological Modelling 222, no. 11 (2011): 1810-1819.
Journal Title
Ecological Modelling
