Overcoming limitations of modelling rare species by using ensembles of small models

High-resolution remote sensing data improves models of species richness

(2013) Linda Camathias et al.   APPLIED VEGETATION SCIENCE

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

Predicting species distributions for conservation decisions

(2013) Antoine Guisan et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

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

(2012) Carsten F. Dormann et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Climatic Niche Shifts Are Rare Among Terrestrial Plant Invaders

(2012) B. Petitpierre et al.   SCIENCE

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

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

Finessing atlas data for species distribution models

(2011) Aidin Niamir et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

The effects of small sample size and sample bias on threshold selection and accuracy assessment of species distribution models

(2011) William T. Bean et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Does the interpolation accuracy of species distribution models come at the expense of transferability?

(2011) Risto K. Heikkinen et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Predicting habitat suitability for rare plants at local spatial scales using a species distribution model

(2011) Melanie Gogol-Prokurat   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

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

Consequences of climate change on the tree of life in Europe

(2011) Wilfried Thuiller et al.   NATURE

Overcoming the rare species modelling paradox: A novel hierarchical framework applied to an Iberian endemic plant

(2010) A. Lomba et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Do they? How do they? WHY do they differ? On finding reasons for differing performances of species distribution models

(2009) Jane Elith et al.   ECOGRAPHY

BIOMOD - a platform for ensemble forecasting of species distributions

(2009) Wilfried Thuiller et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Selecting pseudo-absence data for presence-only distribution modeling: How far should you stray from what you know?

(2009) Jeremy VanDerWal et al.   ECOLOGICAL MODELLING

Ensemble models predict Important Bird Areas in southern Africa will become less effective for conserving endemic birds under climate change

(2009) Bernard W. T. Coetzee et al.   GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY

Effects of sample size on the performance of species distribution models

(2008) M. S. Wisz et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Effect of species rarity on the accuracy of species distribution models for reptiles and amphibians in southern California

(2008) Janet Franklin et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Evaluation of consensus methods in predictive species distribution modelling

(2008) Mathieu Marmion et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Rethinking receiver operating characteristic analysis applications in ecological niche modeling

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

Toward improved species niche modelling:Arnica montanain the Alps as a case study

(2008) Gilberto Parolo et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY

Modelling the occurrence of threatened plant species in taiga landscapes: methodological and ecological perspectives

(2008) Miia Parviainen et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

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

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