Ecological niche model comparison under different climate scenarios: a case study of Olea spp. in Asia

• Published in: Ecosphere (Washington, D.C) Vol. 8; no. 5
• Main Authors: Ashraf, Uzma, Peterson, A. Townsend, Chaudhry, Muhammad Nawaz, Ashraf, Irfan, Saqib, Zafeer, Rashid Ahmad, Sajid, Ali, Hassan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.05.2017
• Subjects: Algorithms; Calibration; Climate change; Climatic data; ecological niche model; Environmental impact; Genetic algorithms; Geographical distribution; Introduced species; invasive species; Neural networks; Niches; partial receiver‐operating characteristic (ROC); Precipitation; species distribution model; South Asia

Ecological niche modeling (and the related species distribution modeling) has been used as a tool with which to assess potential impacts of climate change processes on geographic distributions of species. However, the factors introducing variation into niche modeling outcomes are not well understood...