Dennis Rödder

TL;DR: The ability of methods to correct the initial sampling bias varied greatly depending on bias type, bias intensity and species, but the simple systematic sampling of records consistently ranked among the best performing across the range of conditions tested, whereas other methods performed more poorly in most cases.

TL;DR: Both the salamander examples and simulations suggest that Schoener's D and the Bray–Curtis distance BC are best suited to compute niche overlaps from potential distributions derived from species distribution models, but both D and BC are seriously affected by the inclusion of high numbers of grid cells where the species are probably absent.

TL;DR: Differences in climatic niches in the native and invaded ranges of the Mediterranean house gecko (Hemidactylus turcicus) in terms of commonly applied climate variables in ENMs are assessed to indicate that the degree of conservatism of niche largely varies among predictors and variable sets applied.

TL;DR: The results suggest that a natural history-driven understanding is crucial in developing statistical models of ecological niches (as SDMs) while “comprehensive” or “standard” sets of ecological predictors may be of limited use.

TL;DR: A procedure for identifying amphibian species that are most at risk from the effects of chytridiomycosis by combining spatial analyses of key host life-history variables with the pathogen's predicted distribution is developed.