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Ecological Niches and Geographic Distributions
Type
Book
Authors

A. Townsend Peterson, Jorge Soberón, Richard G. Pearson, Robert P. Anderson, Enrique Martínez-Meyer, Miguel Nakamura & Miguel B. Araújo.

Publication Year
2011
Abstract

This book provides a first synthetic view of an emerging area of ecology and biogeography, linking individual- and population-level processes to geographic distributions and biodiversity patterns. Problems in evolutionary ecology, macroecology, and biogeography are illuminated by this integrative view. The book focuses on correlative approaches known as ecological niche modeling, species distribution modeling, or habitat suitability modeling, which use associations between known occurrences of species and environmental variables to identify environmental conditions under which populations can be maintained. The spatial distribution of environments suitable for the species can then be estimated: a potential distribution for the species. This approach has broad applicability to ecology, evolution, biogeography, and conservation biology, as well as to understanding the geographic potential of invasive species and infectious diseases, and the biological implications of climate change.

Editora(46)
Princeton University Press

Bibliographical Reference

Peterson, A.T., Soberón, J., Pearson, R.G, Martínez-Meyer, E., Nakamura, M., Araújo, M.B. (2011). Ecological Niches and Geographic Distributions. Monographs in Population Biology 49. Princeton University Press. New Jersey, USA.