Search Results - "Ecological modelling"

Ecological niche models and species distribution models in marine environments: A literature review and spatial analysis of evidence by Melo-Merino, Sara M., Reyes-Bonilla, Héctor, Lira-Noriega, Andrés

“…•ENM/SDM in marine systems predominates at local scales and in the North Atlantic Ocean.•Most studies use correlative approaches to answer ecological or…”
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Want to model a species niche? A step-by-step guideline on correlative ecological niche modelling by Sillero, Neftalí, Arenas-Castro, Salvador, Enriquez‐Urzelai, Urtzi, Vale, Cândida Gomes, Sousa-Guedes, Diana, Martínez-Freiría, Fernando, Real, Raimundo, Barbosa, A.Márcia

“…•Few practical guidelines exist on the best guidelines of ecological niche models.•We present a step by step guideline with best practices for correlative…”
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Hyperparameter tuning and performance assessment of statistical and machine-learning algorithms using spatial data by Schratz, Patrick, Muenchow, Jannes, Iturritxa, Eugenia, Richter, Jakob, Brenning, Alexander

“…While the application of machine-learning algorithms has been highly simplified in the last years due to their well-documented integration in commonly used…”
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Importance of spatial predictor variable selection in machine learning applications – Moving from data reproduction to spatial prediction by Meyer, Hanna, Reudenbach, Christoph, Wöllauer, Stephan, Nauss, Thomas

“…[Display omitted] •Spatial cross-validation is crucial for reliable error estimates of predictions.•Geolocation as predictor variable can lead to overfitting…”
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Spatial filtering to reduce sampling bias can improve the performance of ecological niche models by Boria, Robert A., Olson, Link E., Goodman, Steven M., Anderson, Robert P.

“…•This study employs spatial filtering of occurrence data.•The aim was to reduce overfitting to sampling bias in ecological niche models.•We quantified…”
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A model of Sustainable Development Goals: Challenges and opportunities in promoting human well-being and environmental sustainability by Henderson, Kirsten, Loreau, Michel

“…The United Nations is dedicated to bringing countries together to solve international problems and to shape a better future. One of the greatest challenges…”
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Best practice in Ecopath with Ecosim food-web models for ecosystem-based management by Heymans, Johanna Jacomina, Coll, Marta, Link, Jason S., Mackinson, Steven, Steenbeek, Jeroen, Walters, Carl, Christensen, Villy

“…•Ecopath with Ecosim models are easy to construct and have been for the past 30 years.•We highlight thermodynamic and ecological diagnostics for best practice…”
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Species distribution modelling to support forest management. A literature review by Pecchi, Matteo, Marchi, Maurizio, Burton, Vanessa, Giannetti, Francesca, Moriondo, Marco, Bernetti, Iacopo, Bindi, Marco, Chirici, Gherardo

“…[Display omitted] •Species distribution modeling is a powerful tool to support forest management.•SDM can be used to forecast climate change impact on…”
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Spatial cross-validation is not the right way to evaluate map accuracy by Wadoux, Alexandre M.J.-C., Heuvelink, Gerard B.M., de Bruin, Sytze, Brus, Dick J.

“…For decades scientists have produced maps of biological, ecological and environmental variables. These studies commonly evaluate the map accuracy through…”
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Using species distribution models at local scale to guide the search of poorly known species: Review, methodological issues and future directions by Fois, Mauro, Cuena-Lombraña, Alba, Fenu, Giuseppe, Bacchetta, Gianluigi

“…[Display omitted] •We review literature about using distribution models for guiding the search of rare species.•Species distribution models, mostly Maxent,…”
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Challenges, tasks, and opportunities in modeling agent-based complex systems by An, Li, Grimm, Volker, Sullivan, Abigail, Turner II, B.L., Malleson, Nicolas, Heppenstall, Alison, Vincenot, Christian, Robinson, Derek, Ye, Xinyue, Liu, Jianguo, Lindkvist, Emilie, Tang, Wenwu

“…Humanity is facing many grand challenges at unprecedented rates, nearly everywhere, and at all levels. Yet virtually all these challenges can be traced back to…”
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How to make ecological models useful for environmental management by Schuwirth, Nele, Borgwardt, Florian, Domisch, Sami, Friedrichs, Martin, Kattwinkel, Mira, Kneis, David, Kuemmerlen, Mathias, Langhans, Simone D., Martínez-López, Javier, Vermeiren, Peter

“…•We discuss how to increase the use of ecological models to support management.•We suggest 6 cross-cutting issues that are independent of the modeling…”
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A review of methods, data, and models to assess changes in the value of ecosystem services from land degradation and restoration by Turner, Katrine Grace, Anderson, Sharolyn, Gonzales-Chang, Mauricio, Costanza, Robert, Courville, Sasha, Dalgaard, Tommy, Dominati, Estelle, Kubiszewski, Ida, Ogilvy, Sue, Porfirio, Luciana, Ratna, Nazmun, Sandhu, Harpinder, Sutton, Paul C., Svenning, Jens-Christian, Turner, Graham Mark, Varennes, Yann-David, Voinov, Alexey, Wratten, Stephen

“…•Increasing land degradation from management is costly and needs to be valued.•All necessary data is available but scattered and needs consolidation.•Measure…”
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Regulating Ecosystem Services and Green Infrastructure: assessment of Urban Heat Island effect mitigation in the municipality of Rome, Italy by Marando, Federica, Salvatori, Elisabetta, Sebastiani, Alessandro, Fusaro, Lina, Manes, Fausto

“…•The ES of climate regulation provided by GI has been analyzed in Rome, Italy.•A UHI phenomenon is evident in Rome during the hot Mediterranean summer…”
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Ecosystem services accounts: Valuing the actual flow of nature-based recreation from ecosystems to people by Vallecillo, Sara, La Notte, Alessandra, Zulian, Grazia, Ferrini, Silvia, Maes, Joachim

“…[Display omitted] •Ecosystem service accounts are a useful tool to assess changes in the service use.•Spatial models of ecosystem services provide key…”
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The geobiosphere emergy baseline: A synthesis by Brown, Mark T., Campbell, Daniel E., De Vilbiss, Christopher, Ulgiati, Sergio

“…•We synthesize information from three new calculation procedures of the emergy baseline.•We propose a unified global emergy baseline (12.0 E+24seJy−1).•We…”
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Estimating optimal complexity for ecological niche models: A jackknife approach for species with small sample sizes by Shcheglovitova, Mariya, Anderson, Robert P.

“…•We model the ecological niches of two rodent species with few occurrence records.•We use a delete-one jackknife approach to optimize model settings.•Complex…”
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Constraints on interpretation of ecological niche models by limited environmental ranges on calibration areas by Owens, Hannah L., Campbell, Lindsay P., Dornak, L. Lynnette, Saupe, Erin E., Barve, Narayani, Soberón, Jorge, Ingenloff, Kate, Lira-Noriega, Andrés, Hensz, Christopher M., Myers, Corinne E., Peterson, A. Townsend

“…•We show how correlational niche models extrapolate when projected into novel areas.•Extrapolation was visualized using novel single-variable and…”
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The crucial role of the accessible area in ecological niche modeling and species distribution modeling by Barve, Narayani, Barve, Vijay, Jiménez-Valverde, Alberto, Lira-Noriega, Andrés, Maher, Sean P., Peterson, A. Townsend, Soberón, Jorge, Villalobos, Fabricio

“…► Use of ecological niche modeling approaches should be grounded in a clear conceptual framework for species’ environmental and geographic distributions. ► The…”
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The ODD protocol: A review and first update by Grimm, Volker, Berger, Uta, DeAngelis, Donald L., Polhill, J. Gary, Giske, Jarl, Railsback, Steven F.

“…The ‘ODD’ (Overview, Design concepts, and Details) protocol was published in 2006 to standardize the published descriptions of individual-based and agent-based…”
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