Paintings predict the distribution of species, or the challenge of selecting environmental predictors and evaluation statistics

MaxEnt’s parameter configuration and small samples: are we paying attention to recommendations? A systematic review

(2017) Narkis S. Morales et al.   PeerJ

Novel methods to select environmental variables in MaxEnt: A case study using invasive crayfish

(2016) Yiwen Zeng et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Selecting predictors to maximize the transferability of species distribution models: lessons from cross-continental plant invasions

(2016) Blaise Petitpierre et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

A quantitative synthesis of the importance of variables used in MaxEnt species distribution models

(2016) Johanna Bradie et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

spThin: an R package for spatial thinning of species occurrence records for use in ecological niche models

(2015) Matthew E. Aiello-Lammens et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Threshold-dependence as a desirable attribute for discrimination assessment: implications for the evaluation of species distribution models

(2014) Alberto Jiménez-Valverde   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Shaping up model transferability and generality of species distribution modeling for predicting invasions: implications from a study on Bythotrephes longimanus

(2014) Lifei Wang et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

Accounting for spatially biased sampling effort in presence-only species distribution modelling

(2014) Jessica Stolar et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Mapping Species Distributions with MAXENT Using a Geographically Biased Sample of Presence Data: A Performance Assessment of Methods for Correcting Sampling Bias

(2014) Yoan Fourcade et al.   PLoS One

Improving the Use of Species Distribution Models in Conservation Planning and Management under Climate Change

(2014) Luciana L. Porfirio et al.   PLoS One

Mistaking geography for biology: inferring processes from species distributions

(2014) Dan. L. Warren et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

ENMeval: An R package for conducting spatially independent evaluations and estimating optimal model complexity forMaxentecological niche models

(2014) Robert Muscarella et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

On evaluating species distribution models with random background sites in place of absences when test presences disproportionately sample suitable habitat

(2013) Adam B. Smith   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

bioclim: the first species distribution modelling package, its early applications and relevance to most currentMaxEntstudies

(2013) Trevor H. Booth et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

A practical guide to MaxEnt for modeling species’ distributions: what it does, and why inputs and settings matter

(2013) Cory Merow et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Selecting from correlated climate variables: a major source of uncertainty for predicting species distributions under climate change

(2013) Veronika Braunisch et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Predicting species distributions for conservation decisions

(2013) Antoine Guisan et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Making better Maxentmodels of species distributions: complexity, overfitting and evaluation

(2013) Aleksandar Radosavljevic et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Selecting thresholds for the prediction of species occurrence with presence-only data

(2013) Canran Liu et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

The Effects of Sampling Bias and Model Complexity on the Predictive Performance of MaxEnt Species Distribution Models

(2013) Mindy M. Syfert et al.   PLoS One

Improving Transferability of Introduced Species’ Distribution Models: New Tools to Forecast the Spread of a Highly Invasive Seaweed

(2013) Heroen Verbruggen et al.   PLoS One

Collinearity: a review of methods to deal with it and a simulation study evaluating their performance

(2012) Carsten F. Dormann et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Cross-validation of species distribution models: removing spatial sorting bias and calibration with a null model

(2012) Robert J. Hijmans   ECOLOGY

Uses and misuses of bioclimatic envelope modeling

(2012) Miguel B. Araújo et al.   ECOLOGY

Discrimination capacity in species distribution models depends on the representativeness of the environmental domain

(2012) Alberto Jiménez-Valverde et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Correlation and process in species distribution models: bridging a dichotomy

(2012) Carsten F. Dormann et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Testing the predictive performance of distribution models

(2012) Volker Bahn et al.   OIKOS

Presence-only modelling using MAXENT: when can we trust the inferences?

(2012) Charles B. Yackulic et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Assessing transferability of ecological models: an underappreciated aspect of statistical validation

(2012) Seth J. Wenger et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Use of niche models in invasive species risk assessments

(2011) A. Jiménez-Valverde et al.   BIOLOGICAL INVASIONS

The crucial role of the accessible area in ecological niche modeling and species distribution modeling

(2011) Narayani Barve et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Choice of predictor variables as a source of uncertainty in continental-scale species distribution modelling under climate change

(2011) Nicholas W. Synes et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Insights into the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) as a discrimination measure in species distribution modelling

(2011) Alberto Jiménez-Valverde   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Using species distribution models in paleobiogeography: A matter of data, predictors and concepts

(2011) Sara Varela et al.   PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY

Rapid Range Shifts of Species Associated with High Levels of Climate Warming

(2011) I.-C. Chen et al.   SCIENCE

Climate, climate change and range boundaries

(2010) Chris D. Thomas   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

A statistical explanation of MaxEnt for ecologists

(2010) Jane Elith et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

The uncertain nature of absences and their importance in species distribution modelling

(2010) Jorge M. Lobo et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Ecological niche modeling in Maxent: the importance of model complexity and the performance of model selection criteria

(2010) Dan L. Warren et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Modeling plant ranges over 75 years of climate change in California, USA: temporal transferability and species traits

(2010) Solomon Z. Dobrowski et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

POC plots: calibrating species distribution models with presence-only data

(2010) Steven J. Phillips et al.   ECOLOGY

Application of species distribution models and conservation planning software to the design of a reserve network for the riverine fishes of northeastern Mesoamerica

(2010) PETER C. ESSELMAN et al.   FRESHWATER BIOLOGY

Dominant climate influences on North American bird distributions

(2010) Alberto Jiménez-Valverde et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Weak climatic associations among British plant distributions

(2010) Daniel S. Chapman   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Improving species distribution models for climate change studies: variable selection and scale

(2010) Mike P. Austin et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Explanative power of variables used in species distribution modelling: an issue of general model transferability or niche shift in the invasive Greenhouse frog (Eleutherodactylus planirostris)

(2010) Dennis Rödder et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Species Distribution Models: Ecological Explanation and Prediction Across Space and Time

(2009) Jane Elith et al.   Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics

How useful is expert opinion for predicting the distribution of a species within and beyond the region of expertise? A case study using brush-tailed rock-wallabiesPetrogale penicillata

(2009) Justine V. Murray et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Spatially autocorrelated sampling falsely inflates measures of accuracy for presence-only niche models

(2009) Samuel D. Veloz   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Alien Invasive Slider Turtle in Unpredicted Habitat: A Matter of Niche Shift or of Predictors Studied?

(2009) Dennis Rödder et al.   PLoS One

Modeling of species distributions with Maxent: new extensions and a comprehensive evaluation

(2008) Steven J. Phillips et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Rethinking receiver operating characteristic analysis applications in ecological niche modeling

(2008) A. Townsend Peterson et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

ENVIRONMENTAL NICHE EQUIVALENCY VERSUS CONSERVATISM: QUANTITATIVE APPROACHES TO NICHE EVOLUTION

(2008) Dan L. Warren et al.   EVOLUTION

Model selection and information theory in geographical ecology

(2008) José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Opening the climate envelope reveals no macroscale associations with climate in European birds

(2008) C. M. Beale et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

AUC: a misleading measure of the performance of predictive distribution models

(2007) Jorge M. Lobo et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY