Anne-Kathleen Malchow, Guillermo Fandos, Urs G Kormann, Martin U Grüebler, Marc Kéry, Florian Hartig, Damaris Zurell
Generating spatial predictions of species distribution is a central task for research and policy. Currently, correlative species distribution models (cSDMs) are among the most widely used tools for this purpose. However, a fundamental assumption of cSDMs, that species distributions are in equilibrium with their environment, is rarely fulfilled in real data and limits the applicability of cSDMs for dynamic projections. Process-based, dynamic SDMs (dSDMs) promise to overcome these limitations as they explicitly represent transient dynamics and enhance spatiotemporal transferability...
April 17, 2024: Ecological Applications