Open AccessNew methods for measuring ENM breadth and overlap in environmental space
Author(s) -
Warren Dan L.,
Beaumont Linda J.,
Dinnage Russell,
Baumgartner John B.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
ecography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.973
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1600-0587
pISSN - 0906-7590
DOI - 10.1111/ecog.03900
Subject(s) - ecology , space (punctuation) , geography , environmental science , biology , computer science , operating system
Environmental niche models (ENM) and species distribution models (SDM) are used to estimate species’ environmental niches and the distribution of suitable habitat. ENMs are used to aid conservation decisions and to study niche evolution. Investigators use metrics of niche breadth (Levins 1968, Mandle et al. 2010) to quantify the estimated geographic distribution of projected habitat suitability, or overlap to measure similarity between ENMs (Warren et al. 2008, 2010, Rödder and Engler 2011).