Ecological niche model transferability of the white star apple (Chrysophyllum albidum G. Don) in the context of climate and global changes.

ABSTRACT: Chrysophyllum albidum is a forest food tree species of the Sapotaceae family bearing large berries of nutrition, sanitary, and commercial value in many African countries. Because of its socioeconomic importance, C. albidum is threatened at least by human pressure. However, we do not know to what extent climate change can impact its distribution or whether it is possible to introduce the species in other tropical regions. To resolve our concerns, we decided to model the spatial distribution of the species. We then used the SDM package for data modeling in R to compare the predictive performances of algorithms among the most commonly used: three machine learning algorithms (MaxEnt, boosted regression trees, and random forests) and three regression algorithms (generalized linear model, genera

SUBMITTER: Ganglo JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9918511 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature