Brunialti, Giorgio <br/><br/>
Modeling of Species Distribution and Biodiversity in Forests 

 - Basel, Switzerland  MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute  2021 
 - 1 electronic resource (214 p.) 
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> Understanding the patterns of biodiversity and their relationship with environmental gradients is a key issue in ecological research and conservation in forests. Several environmental factors can influence species distributions in these complex ecosystems. It is therefore important to distinguish the effects of natural factors from the anthropogenic ones (e.g., environmental pollution, climate change, and forest management) by adopting reliable models able to predict future scenarios of species distribution. In the last 20 years, the use of statistical tools, such as Species Distribution Models (SDM) or Ecological Niche Models (ENM), allowed researchers to make great strides in the subject, with hundreds of scientific research works in this field. This book collects several research articles where these methodological approaches are the starting point to deepen the knowledge in many timely and emerging topics in forest ecosystems around the world, from Eurasia to America. 
<br/><br/><br/>Creative Commons 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>books978-3-0365-1180-1 9783036511818 9783036511801 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.3390/books978-3-0365-1180-1  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Research & information: general<br/>Biology, life sciences<br/>Ecological science, the Biosphere
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Dominant species Relative groups Phylogenetic distance Quantitative distribution Phylogenetic relationships Permutation test climate change Euscaphis japonica forest management GARP Maxent potential suitable habitat old-growth quadrat counts tree diameters tree distribution patterns species count data mixed forests Charcoal Ecological Niche Model Forest History Last Glacial Maximum Paleoecology Pinus nigra Pinus mugo/uncinata Pinus sylvestris Quercus pubescens endangered species geographic distribution modeling conservation protected areas biodiversity ecological sustainability fine-filter approach geographical information systems habitat restoration habitat suitability model indicator species pressure–state–response model stand structure ecological modelling Mediterranean area future spatial projection silviculture Eucalyptus biomod2 species distribution models habitat climatic change biodiversity conservation chlorophyll fluorescence epiphytic macrolichens growth rates humid forest habitat quality soil moisture aridization Carabidae species distribution spatial modeling forest formation association group ecological-phytocoenotic classification MaxEnt SDMtoolbox Moscow Region Landsat amphibian dispersal beta diversity ephemeral wetland zooplankton macroinvertebrate variation partitioning forested wetland sexual reproduction vegetative propagules functional traits n/a