What is species distribution modelling? Species distribution modelling, alternatively known as environmental niche modelling, (ecological) niche modelling,...

Species distribution models use both geographical and environmental space to predict a species realised environmental niche. Below we explore what these te...

With the increasing development of information technology, the amount of data in the world has been exploding. On top of that, there has been a large mo...

In order to design a species distribution model, think carefully about the three components of the model: the species data, the environmental data, and t...

Selection of absence, pseudo-absence, or background data can have profound impacts on your results. For instance, MaxEnt requires background data, which is...

Once you have run an experiment on EcoCommons, the results page shows you a variety of different outputs. Below is an explanation on how to interpret the ou...

It is important to understand how to interpret the output of a model. A vital step in modelling is assessing the accuracy of the model prediction, commonly ...

Our climate is changing due to anthropogenic influences, and this will affect all ecosystems and the species living in them. Because the survival of a speci...

Why conduct an ensemble analysis?  Instead of using a single-model, or single-emissions-scenario approach to investigating species distributions you can...