Terrestrial or marine species distribution model: Why not both? A case study with seabirds.

ABSTRACT: Species reliant on both the terrestrial and marine realms present a challenge for conventional species distribution models (SDMs). For such species, standard single-realm SDMs may omit key information that could result in decreased model accuracy and performance. Existing approaches to habitat suitability modeling typically do not effectively combine information from multiple realms; this methodological gap can ultimately hamper management efforts for groups such as seabirds, seals, and turtles. This study, for the first time, jointly incorporates both terrestrial information and marine information into a single species distribution model framework. We do this by sampling nearby marine conditions for a given terrestrial point and vice versa using parameters set by each species' mean maximu

SUBMITTER: Hakkinen H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8668722 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature