The Combined Use of Correlative and Mechanistic Species Distribution Models Benefits Low Conservation Status Species.

ABSTRACT: Species can respond to climate change by tracking appropriate environmental conditions in space, resulting in a range shift. Species Distribution Models (SDMs) can help forecast such range shift responses. For few species, both correlative and mechanistic SDMs were built, but allis shad (Alosa alosa), an endangered anadromous fish species, is one of them. The main purpose of this study was to provide a framework for joint analyses of correlative and mechanistic SDMs projections in order to strengthen conservation measures for species of conservation concern. Guidelines for joint representation and subsequent interpretation of models outputs were defined and applied. The present joint analysis was based on the novel mechanistic model GR3D (Global Repositioning Dynamics of Diadromous fish Di

SUBMITTER: Rougier T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4591278 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature