 Living on the edge in species distribution models: The unexpected presence of three species of butterflies in a protected area in southern SpainPilar Fernández, Diego Jordano and Juan Fernández Haeger Ecological Modelling, 2015, vol. 312, issue C, 335-346 Abstract: MaxEnt (Maximum Entropy) modelling method is probably the most popular technique to model species distributions based only on the presence records across broad spatial scales. Although it is widely used, there is much controversy about the transferability of models between different geographical areas. Transferability might be more questionable when it comes to predict the distribution of peripheral populations at the margin of the species geographical range, where they may be affected by and adapted to environmental conditions different from those of core populations. To explore transferability of MaxEnt models among sectors of the geographic range, we selected three butterfly species with wide distributions and peripheral populations at their southernmost margin in the Iberian Peninsula, namely Plebejus argus, Cyaniris semiargus and Pyronia tithonus. Keywords: MaxEnt; Transferability; Species distribution models; Butterflies; Marginal populations; Plebejus argus (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:ecomod:v:312:y:2015:i:c:p:335-346 DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.05.032 Access Statistics for this article Ecological Modelling is currently edited by Brian D. Fath More articles in Ecological Modelling from Elsevier |
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