Burrowing Into the Past Extending Niche Space Models of Procellariiform Breeding Grounds by Merging Fossil and Historic Data

• Published in: Diversity & distributions Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 1 - 16
• Main Authors: Bellvé, André M., Wilmshurst, Janet M., Wood, Jamie R., Whitehead, Edin, Scofield, R. Paul, Worthy, Trevor H., Gaskin, Chris P., Perry, George L. W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley 01.05.2025; John Wiley & Sons, Inc
• Subjects: Algorithms; Aquatic birds; Archives & records; Bias; Breeding grounds; Colonies; data collection; Datasets; ecological niche model; Ecological niches; Ecosystems; Environmental conditions; fossil; Fossils; historic; humans; Management planning; Maximum entropy; Museums; New Zealand; Niches; occupations; paleoecology; Particle size; Precipitation; Predators; Principal components analysis; Procellariiformes; RESEARCH ARTICLE; seabirds; species; Taphonomy; temporal variation; New Zealand

ABSTRACT Aim Predicting species' potential distributions and niches requires multi‐scale data encompassing the past and present. Increasingly, researchers have advocated using historical context to inform ecological niche models (ENMs). Two key sources of past distributions are fossils and hist...