Habitat Suitability and Distribution Models: With Applications in R (Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation) - Softcover

Guisan, Antoine; Thuiller, Wilfried; Zimmermann, Niklaus E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 052175836X ISBN 13: 9780521758369

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2017

Synopsis

This book introduces the key stages of niche-based habitat suitability model building, evaluation and prediction required for understanding and predicting future patterns of species and biodiversity. Beginning with the main theory behind ecological niches and species distributions, the book proceeds through all major steps of model building, from conceptualization and model training to model evaluation and spatio-temporal predictions. Extensive examples using R support graduate students and researchers in quantifying ecological niches and predicting species distributions with their own data, and help to address key environmental and conservation problems. Reflecting this highly active field of research, the book incorporates the latest developments from informatics and statistics, as well as using data from remote sources such as satellite imagery. A website at www.unil.ch/hsdm contains the codes and supporting material required to run the examples and teach courses.

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Book Description

This book introduces the key stages of niche-based habitat suitability model building, evaluation and prediction. Extensive examples using R support students and researchers to quantify ecological niches and predict species distributions with their own data. A website at www.unil.ch/hsdm contains example codes and supporting material.

About the Author

Antoine Guisan is Professor at the Université de Lausanne, Switzerland, where he leads the ECOSPAT Spatial Ecology group. Besides being a specialist in habitat suitability and distribution models, his interests also include ecological niche dynamics in space and time, community and multitrophic modeling, very high resolution spatial modeling in mountain environments, and applications of models to environmental decision-making and transfer of scientific knowledge to society.

Wilfried Thuiller is a senior scientist at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), Laboratory of Alpine Ecology in Grenoble, France. Besides being a specialist in habitat suitability and distribution models, his interests include macroecology, macroevolution, conservation, biodiversity modeling with both mechanistic and phenomenological models, community ecology, functional ecology, and ecosystem functioning in alpine environments.

Niklaus E. Zimmermann is a senior scientist and directorate member of the Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL, and an adjunct professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich). Besides being a specialist in habitat suitability and distribution models, his interests include macroecology, macroevolution, biodiversity and community modeling using both empirical and mechanistic approaches, as well as conservation and applied biodiversity management support.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 052175836X
• ISBN 13: 9780521758369
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 478