Ensemble modeling to predict habitat suitability for a large-scale disturbance specialist

Quresh Latif; Vicki A. Saab; Jonathan G. Dudley; Jeff P. Hollenbeck

doi:10.1002/ece3.790

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Ensemble modeling to predict habitat suitability for a large-scale disturbance specialist

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Authors:

Quresh Latif, Vicki A. Saab, Jonathan G. Dudley, Jeff P. Hollenbeck

Year:

2013

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.790

Source:

Ecology and Evolution. 3(13): 4348-4364

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Abstract

To conserve habitat for disturbance specialist species, ecologists must identify where individuals will likely settle in newly disturbed areas. Habitat suitability models can predict which sites at new disturbances will most likely attract specialists. Without validation data from newly disturbed areas, however, the best approach for maximizing predictive accuracy can be unclear (Northwestern U.S.A.). We predicted habitat suitability for nesting Black-backed Woodpeckers (Picoides arcticus; a burned-forest specialist) at 20 recently (

Keywords

black-backed Woodpeckers, forested habitat management, habitat suitability models, Mahalanobis D2 models, Maxent models, model prediction in no-analogue environments, Picoides arcticus, resource selection models, species distribution models, wildfire

Citation

Latif, Quresh S.; Saab, Victoria A.; Dudley, Jonathan G.; Hollenbeck, Jeff P. 2013. Ensemble modeling to predict habitat suitability for a large-scale disturbance specialist. Ecology and Evolution. 3(13): 4348-4364