Prediction of bird community composition based on point-occurrence data and inferential algorithms: a valuable tool in biodiversity assessments

• Published in: Diversity & distributions Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 49 - 56
• Main Authors: FERIA A, T. Patricia, PETERSON, A. Townsend
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Science Ltd 01.03.2002; Blackwell Science; Blackwell
• Subjects: Animal and plant ecology; Animal, plant and microbial ecology; Balsa; Biodiversity; Biodiversity conservation; Biodiversity Research; Biological and medical sciences; Birds; Community; Ecological modeling; ecological niche modelling; Ecological niches; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Global atmospheric research program; Modeling; Natural history; predicted distributions; Species; Synecology; Terrestrial ecosystems; Central America; Mexico; America; Species diversity; Vertebrata; Geographic distribution; Animal community; Niche; Aves; Forecast model; Ecological abundance

Local biological communities are made up of species, each of which has its own particular relationship with the environment. To the extent that these autecological niches limit species' distributions, and by extension community composition, models of species' ecological niches can predict...