Habitat Suitability and Distribution Models: With Applications in R

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Habitat Suitability and Distribution Models: With Applications in R
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Antoine Guisan
By (author) Wilfried Thuiller
By (author) Niklaus E. Zimmermann
SeriesEcology, Biodiversity and Conservation
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:478
Dimensions(mm): Height 226,Width 152
Category/GenreEcological science
Applied ecology
ISBN/Barcode 9780521758369
ClassificationsDewey:577.072
Audience
Undergraduate
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Illustrations 8 Tables, black and white; 101 Halftones, black and white; 32 Line drawings, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 14 September 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.

Author Biography

Antoine Guisan is Professor at the Universite 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.