Species distribution model transferability and model grain size - finer may not always be better.

ABSTRACT: Species distribution models have been used to predict the distribution of invasive species for conservation planning. Understanding spatial transferability of niche predictions is critical to promote species-habitat conservation and forecasting areas vulnerable to invasion. Grain size of predictor variables is an important factor affecting the accuracy and transferability of species distribution models. Choice of grain size is often dependent on the type of predictor variables used and the selection of predictors sometimes rely on data availability. This study employed the MAXENT species distribution model to investigate the effect of the grain size on model transferability for an invasive plant species. We modelled the distribution of Rhododendron ponticum in Wales, U.K. and tested model

SUBMITTER: Manzoor SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5940916 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature