Simulating Movement-Related Resource Dynamics to Improve Species Distribution Models: A Case Study with Oilbirds in Northern South America

• Published in: The Professional geographer Vol. 70; no. 4; pp. 528 - 540
• Main Author: Holloway, Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington Routledge 02.10.2018; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Access; Animals; Bias; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Computer simulation; Conservation; Dispersal; Food sources; Forecasting; Individual differences; modelado de distribución de especies; movement; movimiento; Neighborhoods; Palabras clave: función de selección por etapas; Random walk; Realism; simulación espacial; Simulation; spatial simulation; species distribution modeling; step-selection function; Venezuela; Viability; Wildlife conservation; 关键词：移动; 委瑞内拉; 步骤选择功能; 物种分布模式化; 空间模拟; South America

A better understanding of the current and future distributions of organisms is a critical facet of biodiversity conservation, and species distribution models (SDMs) are an important framework for achieving this. Despite the potential of SDMs to address an array of biogeography questions, they are su...