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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.

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Book category Books in English Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning The environment Applied ecology

• Full title: Ecological Niches and Geographic Distributions (MPB-49)
• Author: A. Townsend Peterson, Jorge Soberon, Richard G. Pearson, Robert P. Anderson, Enrique Martinez-Meyer, Miguel Nakamura, Miguel B. Araujo
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 328
• EAN: 9780691136882
• ISBN: 0691136882
• ID: 04641456
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Weight: 502 g
• Dimensions: 233 × 158 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 20. November 2011

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