Abstract
Species distribution modeling (SDM) links ecological theory of species-environment relationships with statistical learning methods and geospatial data to understand and predict the distributions of species and their habitats. Also called ecological niche modeling, SDM is widely used for biodiversity assessment and to predict the impacts of environmental change on biodiversity in terrestrial and aquatic habitats. It can also provide insight and understanding about ecological relationships.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Encyclopedia of Biodiversity |
| Subtitle of host publication | Second Edition |
| Publisher | Elsevier Inc. |
| Pages | 692-705 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9780123847195 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780123847201 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jan 1 2013 |
Keywords
- Biotope
- Climate change
- Ecological niche model
- Environmental gradient
- Generalized linear model
- Habitat
- Invasive species
- Machine learning
- Niche
- Spatial autocorrelation
- Species detectability
- Species response curve
- Species richness
- Species-environment relationship
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
- General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology