Additions of landscape metrics improve predictions of occurrence of species distribution models

• Published in: Journal of forestry research Vol. 28; no. 5; pp. 963 - 974
• Main Authors: Hasui, Érica, Silva, Vinícius X., Cunha, Rogério G. T., Ramos, Flavio N., Ribeiro, Milton C., Sacramento, Mario, Coelho, Marco T. P., Pereira, Diego G. S., Ribeiro, Bruno R.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.09.2017; Springer; Springer Nature B.V; Laboratório de Ecologia de Fragmentos Florestais(ECOFRAG), Instituto de Ciência da Natureza, Universidade Federal de Alfenas, Rua Gabriel Monteiro da Silva, 700,Alfenas, MG 37130-000, Brazil%Laboratório de Ecologia Espacial e Conserva(c)(a)o(LEEC),Departamento de Ecologia, UNESP, Rio Claro.Av.24A,1515, Rio Claro, SP 13506-900, Brazil%Esta(c)(a)o de Hidrobiologia e Piscicultura de Furnas-EHPF, Rua Lavras, 288 Bairro de Furnas,S(a)o José da Barra, MG CEP: 37947-000, Brazil%Programa de Pós-Gradua(c)(a)o em Ecologia e Evolulu(c)(a)o da Universidade Federal de Goiás, Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goi(a)nia, GO, Brazil%Departamento de Ciências Florestais, Universidade Federal de Lavras, C(a)npus Universitário, Caixa Postal 3037, Lavras,MG 37130-000, Brazil
• Subjects: biogeography; Biomedical and Life Sciences; climate; Climate models; Ecological; environmental factors; Forestry; Fragments; habitat fragmentation; habitats; Landscape; landscapes; Life Sciences; linear; linear models; model;Generalized; models;Habitat; niche; Original Paper; prediction; Predictions; Scale (ratio); Soil types; Spatial distribution; Species; structure;Maxent; suitability;Landscape; surveys; Topography; Vegetation; Habitat suitability; Ecological niche model; Landscape structure; Maxent; Generalized linear models

Species distribution models are used to aid our understanding of the processes driving the spatial patterns of species’ habitats. This approach has received criticism,however, largely because it neglects landscape metrics. We examined the relative impacts of landscape predictors on the accuracy of h...