A standard protocol for reporting species distribution models

Zurell, Damaris; Franklin, Janet; König, Christian; Bouchet, Phil J.; Dormann, Carsten F.; Elith, Jane; Fandós, Guillermo; Feng, Xiao; Guillera‐Arroita, Gurutzeta; Guisan, Antoine; Lahoz‐Monfort, José J.; Leitão, Pedro J.; Park, Daniel; Peterson, A. Townsend; Rapacciuolo, Giovanni; Schmatz, Dirk R.; Schröder, Boris; Serra‐Diaz, Josep M.; Thuiller, Wilfried; Yates, Katherine L.; Zimmermann, Niklaus E.; Merow, Cory

doi:10.1111/ecog.04960

articleEcographyJun 1, 2020GOLD OA

A standard protocol for reporting species distribution models

DZDamaris Zurell JFJanet Franklin CKChristian König PJPhil J. Bouchet CFCarsten F. Dormann

University of Potsdam · Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research · +23 more institutions

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Abstract

Species distribution models (SDMs) constitute the most common class of models across ecology, evolution and conservation. The advent of ready‐to‐use software packages and increasing availability of digital geoinformation have considerably assisted the application of SDMs in the past decade, greatly enabling their broader use for informing conservation and management, and for quantifying impacts from global change. However, models must be fit for purpose, with all important aspects of their development and applications properly considered. Despite the widespread use of SDMs, standardisation and documentation of modelling protocols remain limited, which makes it hard to assess whether development steps are…

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