Ecological Niches and Geographic Distributions (MPB-49) / A. Townsend Peterson, Jorge Soberón, Richard G. Pearson, Robert P. Anderson, Enrique Martínez-Meyer, Miguel Nakamura, Miguel Bastos Araújo.

By:

Peterson, A. Townsend (Andrew Townsend), 1964- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Monographs in population biology ; no. 49.Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2011]Copyright date: ©2011Description: 1 online resource (x, 314 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781400840670
1400840678
1283303302
9781283303309
9786613303301
6613303305

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ecological niches and geographic distributions.DDC classification:

577.8/2 23

LOC classification:

QH546.3 .E26 2011eb

Other classification:

WH 4500

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Contents:

Introduction -- Part 1. Theory. Concepts of niches -- Niches and geographic distributions -- Part 2. Practice. Niches and distributions in practice: overview -- Species' occurrence data -- Environmental data -- Modeling ecological niches -- From niches to distributions -- Evaluating model performance and significance -- Part 3. Applications. Introduction to applications -- Discovering biodiversity -- Conservation planning and climate change effects -- Species' invasions -- The geography of disease transmission -- Linking niches with evolutionary processes -- Conclusions.

Summary: "This book provides a first synthetic view of an emerging area of ecology and biogeography, linking individual- and population-level processes to geographic distributions and biodiversity patterns. Problems in evolutionary ecology, macroecology, and biogeography are illuminated by this integrative view. The book focuses on correlative approaches known as ecological niche modeling, species distribution modeling, or habitat suitability modeling, which use associations between known occurrences of species and environmental variables to identify environmental conditions under which populations can be maintained. The spatial distribution of environments suitable for the species can then be estimated: a potential distribution for the species. This approach has broad applicability to ecology, evolution, biogeography, and conservation biology, as well as to understanding the geographic potential of invasive species and infectious diseases, and the biological implications of climate change. The authors lay out conceptual foundations and general principles for understanding and interpreting species distributions with respect to geography and environment. Focus is on development of niche models. While serving as a guide for students and researchers, the book also provides a theoretical framework to support future progress in the field"--Provided by publisher.

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"This book provides a first synthetic view of an emerging area of ecology and biogeography, linking individual- and population-level processes to geographic distributions and biodiversity patterns. Problems in evolutionary ecology, macroecology, and biogeography are illuminated by this integrative view. The book focuses on correlative approaches known as ecological niche modeling, species distribution modeling, or habitat suitability modeling, which use associations between known occurrences of species and environmental variables to identify environmental conditions under which populations can be maintained. The spatial distribution of environments suitable for the species can then be estimated: a potential distribution for the species. This approach has broad applicability to ecology, evolution, biogeography, and conservation biology, as well as to understanding the geographic potential of invasive species and infectious diseases, and the biological implications of climate change. The authors lay out conceptual foundations and general principles for understanding and interpreting species distributions with respect to geography and environment. Focus is on development of niche models. While serving as a guide for students and researchers, the book also provides a theoretical framework to support future progress in the field"--Provided by publisher.