Mapping species distributions : spatial inference and prediction / Janet Franklin ; with contributions by Jennifer A. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Franklin, Janet, 1959- author.

Miller, Jennifer A. (Jennifer Anne), author.

Series:

Ecology, biodiversity, and conservation.

Ecology, biodiversity, and conservation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biogeography.

Biogeography--Mathematical models.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 320 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Maps of species' distributions or habitat suitability are required for many aspects of environmental research, resource management and conservation planning. These include biodiversity assessment, reserve design, habitat management and restoration, species and habitat conservation plans and predicting the effects of environmental change on species and ecosystems. The proliferation of methods and uncertainty regarding their effectiveness can be daunting to researchers, resource managers and conservation planners alike. Franklin summarises the methods used in species distribution modeling (also called niche modeling) and presents a framework for spatial prediction of species distributions based on the attributes (space, time, scale) of the data and questions being asked. The framework links theoretical ecological models of species distributions to spatial data on species and environment, and statistical models used for spatial prediction. Providing practical guidelines to students, researchers and practitioners in a broad range of environmental sciences including ecology, geography, conservation biology, and natural resources management.

Contents:

Species distribution modeling

Why do we need species distribution models?

Ecological understanding of species distributions

Data for species distribution models : the biological data

Data for species distribution models : the environmental data

Statistical models

modern regression / Janet Franklin and Jennifer A. Miller

Machine learning methods

Classification, similarity and other methods for presence-only data

Model evaluation

Implementation of species distribution models.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-511-84811-0

1-107-21073-9

1-282-65294-X

9786612652943

0-511-81060-1

0-511-76922-9

0-511-77006-5

0-511-76699-8

0-511-76560-6

0-511-76838-9

OCLC:

645097941