kuenm: an R package for detailed development of ecological niche models using Maxent

• Published in: PeerJ (San Francisco, CA) Vol. 7; p. e6281
• Main Authors: Cobos, Marlon E., Peterson, A. Townsend, Barve, Narayani, Osorio-Olvera, Luis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States PeerJ. Ltd 06.02.2019; PeerJ, Inc; PeerJ Inc
• Subjects: Automation; Biodiversity; Biogeography; Bioinformatics; Calibration; Climate change; Computational Biology; Disease transmission; Ecology; Extrapolation risks; Model calibration; Model projections; Model selection; Niches (Ecology); Software; Species distribution models; United States > US; Mexico; Extrapolation risks; Species distribution models; Model projections; Model calibration; Model selection

Ecological niche modeling is a set of analytical tools with applications in diverse disciplines, yet creating these models rigorously is now a challenging task. The calibration phase of these models is critical, but despite recent attempts at providing tools for performing this step, adequate detail...