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1. Models in ecosystem science
2003, ISBN 9780691092898, xv, 476
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2. Ecological niches and geographic distributions
by Peterson, A. Townsend 1964- (Andrew Townsend)
2011, Monographs in population biology, ISBN 9780691136868, Volume no. 49, x, 314
This book provides a first synthetic view of an emerging area of ecology and biogeography, linking individual- and population-level processes to geographic... 
Biogeography | Niche (Ecology) | Mathematical models | Biological Sciences | Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
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3. Full Text How to model species responses along ecological gradients – Huisman–Olff–Fresco models revisited
by Florian Jansen and Jari Oksanen
Journal of Vegetation Science, ISSN 1100-9233, 11/2013, Volume 24, Issue 6, pp. 1108 - 1117
Questions: In species response modelling, can a hierarchical logistic regression framework compete against GAM in terms of statistical inference? Are bimodal... 
Datasets | Ecological modeling | Statistical models | Vegetation | Multilevel models | Plants | Species | Parametric models | Modeling | Realized niche | Bioindication | Hierarchical modelling | Logistic regression | Species turnover | Species optimum | Environmental gradient | Agricultural land
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4. Full Text Eco‐evolutionary feedbacks—Theoretical models and perspectives
by Govaert, Lynn and Fronhofer, Emanuel A and Lion, Sébastien and Eizaguirre, Christophe and Bonte, Dries and Egas, Martijn and Hendry, Andrew P and De Brito Martins, Ayana and Melián, Carlos J and Raeymaekers, Joost A. M and Ratikainen, Irja I and Saether, Bernt‐Erik and Schweitzer, Jennifer A and Matthews, Blake and Fox, Charles
Functional Ecology, ISSN 0269-8463, 01/2019, Volume 33, Issue 1, pp. 13 - 30
Theoretical models pertaining to feedbacks between ecological and evolutionary processes are prevalent in multiple biological fields. An integrative overview... 
feedback | eco‐evolutionary dynamics | ecology | demography | rapid evolution | modelling | theory | eco-evolutionary dynamics | PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY | CHARACTER DISPLACEMENT | ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY | PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTIONS | NICHE CONSTRUCTION | PLANT-SOIL FEEDBACKS | ADAPTIVE DYNAMICS | POPULATION-DYNAMICS | ECOLOGICAL DYNAMICS | Demographics | Ecosystems | Dispersal | Biological evolution | Crosstalk | Spatial discrimination | Evolution | Ecology | Models
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5. Full Text Cross-validation of species distribution models: removing spatial sorting bias and calibration with a null model
by Hijmans, Robert J
Ecology, ISSN 0012-9658, 03/2012, Volume 93, Issue 3, pp. 679 - 688
Species distribution models are usually evaluated with cross-validation. In this procedure evaluation statistics are computed from model predictions for sites... 
spatial sorting bias | model evaluation | MaxEnt | Bioclim | niche model | spatial autocorrelation | cross-validation | species distribution model | pairwise distance sampling | AUC | Conservation biology | Ecological modeling | Geographic regions | Ecological niches | Model trains | Sampling bias | Autocorrelation | Spatial models | Species | Modeling | Species distribution model | Pairwise distance sampling | Cross-validation | Spatial sorting bias | Model evaluation | Spatial autocorrelation | Niche model | HABITAT SUITABILITY | ASSOCIATIONS | AUTOCORRELATION | ABSENCES | BIRD DISTRIBUTIONS | PREDICTION | CONSERVATION | ECOLOGY | CLIMATE | Climate | Animals | Demography | Species Specificity | Models, Biological | Computer Simulation | Ecosystem | Population biology | Research | Ecology | Algorithms | Calibration | Sampling | Index Medicus
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6. Full Text Evaluating predictive models of species’ distributions: criteria for selecting optimal models
by Anderson, Robert P and Lew, Daniel and Peterson, A.Townsend
Ecological Modelling, ISSN 0304-3800, 2003, Volume 162, Issue 3, pp. 211 - 232
The Genetic Algorithm for Rule-Set Prediction (GARP) is one of several current approaches to modeling species' distributions using occurrence records and... 
Omission | Commission | GARP | Confusion matrix | Asymmetrical errors | Range | Genetic algorithms | confusion matrix | BIODIVERSITY | GLOBAL CLIMATE-CHANGE | POCKET MICE | asymmetrical errors | NICHE | SENSITIVITY | range | genetic algorithms | ALGORITHMS | GIS | GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTIONS | ECOLOGY | commission | SCALE | omission | COLLECTION DATA
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7. Full Text Is my species distribution model fit for purpose? Matching data and models to applications
by Guillera‐Arroita, Gurutzeta and Lahoz‐Monfort, José J and Elith, Jane and Gordon, Ascelin and Kujala, Heini and Lentini, Pia E and McCarthy, Michael A and Tingley, Reid and Wintle, Brendan A
Global Ecology and Biogeography, ISSN 1466-822X, 03/2015, Volume 24, Issue 3, pp. 276 - 292
Species distribution models ( SDM s) are used to inform a range of ecological, biogeographical and conservation applications. However, users often... 
prevalence | imperfect detection | Ecological niche model | presence‐background | presence–absence | sampling bias | habitat model | presence‐only | Imperfect detection | Presence-absence | Prevalence | Presence-only | Sampling bias | Habitat model | Presence-background | PRESENCE-ONLY DATA | MAXENT | presence-only | BIAS | POINT PROCESS MODELS | OCCUPANCY | PREDICTION | SELECTING THRESHOLDS | GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL | CONSERVATION | presence-background | ECOLOGY | ABSENCE | presence-absence | Niche (Ecology) | Models
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8. Null models in ecology
by Gotelli, Nicholas J and Graves, Gary R
1996, ISBN 9781560986454, xvi, 368
Monte-Carlo, Méthode de | Monte Carlo method | Méthodes statistiques | Biocénoses | Biotic communities | Null models (Ecology) | Statistical methods
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9. Full Text Invasive species distribution models — how violating the equilibrium assumption can create new insights
by Laure Gallien and Rolland Douzet and Steve Pratte and Niklaus E. Zimmermann and Wilfried Thuiller
Global Ecology and Biogeography, ISSN 1466-822X, 11/2012, Volume 21, Issue 11/12, pp. 1126 - 1136
Aim: Two core assumptions of species distribution models (SDMs) do not hold when modelling invasive species. Invasives are not in equilibrium with their... 
Population ecology | MACROECOLOGICAL METHODS | Invasive species | Ecological modeling | Ecological niches | Ecological invasion | Ecological balance | Biogeography | Plants | Modeling | Species | invasion stage | colonization | non‐native plant species | ecological niche | equilibrium | spatial scale | biological invasions | Adaptation | Ecological niche | Biological invasions | Non-native plant species | Invasion stage | Spatial scale | Equilibrium | Colonization | SOUTH-AFRICA | CLIMATIC NICHE | non-native plant species | POPULATIONS | PREVALENCE | PREDICTION | DISPERSAL | GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL | EVOLUTION | ALIEN PLANTS | ECOLOGY | POTENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS | RANGE | Environmental aspects | Niche (Ecology) | Nonnative species
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10. Full Text Niche Divergence in a Brown Lemur (Eulemur spp.) Hybrid Zone: Using Ecological Niche Models to Test Models of Stability
by Johnson, Steig E and Delmore, Kira E and Brown, Kerry A and Wyman, Tracy M and Louis Jr, Edward E
International Journal of Primatology, ISSN 0164-0291, 2/2016, Volume 37, Issue 1, pp. 69 - 88
Endogenous selection is often implicated in the maintenance of stability of natural hybrid zones. Environmental conditions often vary across these zones,... 
Life Sciences | Human Genetics | Hybrid zone | Zoology | Geographical selection-gradient | Ecological niche models | Anthropology | Bounded superiority | Tension zone | Evolutionary Biology | Animal Ecology | Animal Genetics and Genomics | DEFORESTATION | SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS | PATTERNS | HYBRIDIZATION | PREDICTION | MOUSE LEMURS | MADAGASCAR | ZOOLOGY | SPECIATION | CONSERVATISM | SELECTION | Lemurs | Analysis | Environmental aspects | Evolution | Models | Niche (Ecology) | Geography | Primates | Ecology | Adaptation
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11. Full Text Predicting extinction risks under climate change: coupling stochastic population models with dynamic bioclimatic habitat models
by David A Keith and H. Resit Akçakaya and Wilfried Thuiller and Guy F Midgley and Richard G Pearson and Steven J Phillips and Helen M Regan and Miguel B Araújo and Tony G Rebelo
Biology Letters, ISSN 1744-9561, 10/2008, Volume 4, Issue 5, pp. 560 - 563
Species responses to climate change may be influenced by changes in available habitat, as well as population processes, species interactions and interactions... 
Bioclimatic envelope | Uncertainty | Fynbos | Niche model | Population viability analysis | Fire | fynbos | LANDSCAPE | VIABILITY | SIZE | bioclimatic envelope | SPECIES DISTRIBUTIONS | population viability analysis | CHANGE IMPACTS | uncertainty | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | niche model | BIOLOGY | fire | ECOLOGY | ENVELOPE MODELS | Stochastic Processes | Models, Biological | Ecosystem | Greenhouse Effect | South Africa | Extinction, Biological | Plants | Population Dynamics | Index Medicus | Life Sciences | Ecology, environment | Biodiversity and Ecology | Biodiversity | Environmental Sciences | Global Changes
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