Our world is in the midst of unprecedented change—climate shifts and sustained, widespread
habitat degradation have led to dramatic declines in biodiversity rivaling historical …

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 …

Correlational models of species’ ecological niches are commonly used to transfer model
rules onto other sets of conditions to evaluate species’ distributional potential. As with any …

Background Ecological niche modeling is a set of analytical tools with applications in diverse
disciplines, yet creating these models rigorously is now a challenging task. The calibration …

Biodiversity studies rely heavily on estimates of species' distributions often obtained through
ecological niche modelling. Numerous software packages exist that allow users to model …

We demonstrate for the first time the potential use of satellite imagery to characterize areas
of high and low species richness of trees in tropical forests. Our studies, conducted in the …

Snakebite envenoming is an important public health concern worldwide. In the Americas, ~300,000
bites occur annually, leaving 84,110–140,981 envenomings and 652–3466 deaths. …

Management of newly emerging pests and diseases has often been limited by the lack of
forecasting systems that could predict the route (s) of spread and potential geographical …

North America is a large continent with extensive climatic, geological, soil, and biological
diversity. As biota faces threat from habitat destruction and climate change, making a …

Aim Geographic distributions of species are constrained by several factors acting at different
scales, with climate assumed to be a major determinant at broad extents. Recent studies, …