Incorporating knowledge uncertainty into species distribution modelling

• Published in: Biodiversity and conservation Vol. 28; no. 3; pp. 571 - 588
• Main Authors: Niamir, Aidin, Skidmore, Andrew K., Muñoz, Antonio-Román, Toxopeus, Albertus G., Real, Raimundo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.03.2019; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Accessibility; Analysis; Animal breeding; Biodiversity; biogeography; Biological diversity conservation; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Breeding; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Conservation Biology/Ecology; Data; data collection; Distribution; eagles; Ecology; environmental factors; Environmental governance; Environmental law, International; Environmental policy; expert opinion; Experts; Governance; habitats; information sources; Interactions; Knowledge; Life Sciences; Mapping; Modelling; monitoring; Natural resource management; Original Paper; Probability theory; questionnaires; Spain; Species; Sustainability; Uncertainty; Spain; Belief; Evidential functions; Bonelli’s eagle; Expert knowledge; Short-toed eagle; Dempster–Shafer theory of evidence; Accessible species information; Spain

Monitoring progress towards global goals and biodiversity targets require reliable descriptions of species distributions over time and space. Current gaps in accessible information on species distributions urges the need for integrating all available data and knowledge sources, and intensifying coop...