Bats

Variations of environmental niche breadth, range sizes, and geographic exclusion with bat species richness

Aim

More species-rich communities are often assumed to contain more specialist species with narrower niches and smaller ranges. …

Julian Oeser, Damaris Zurell, Frieder Mayer, Emrah Çoraman, Nia Toshkova, Stanimira Deleva, Ioseb Natradze, Petr Benda, Christian Dietz, Panagiotis Georgiakakis, Eran Levin, Amit Dolev, Heliana Dundarova, Astghik Ghazaryan, Sercan Irmak, Nijat Hasanov, Gulnar Guliyeva, Mariya Gritsina, Alexander Bukhnikashvili, Tobias Kuemmerle

The Best of Two Worlds: Using Stacked Generalisation for Integrating Expert Range Maps in Species Distribution Models

Aim

Species distribution models (SDMs) are powerful tools for assessing suitable habitats across large areas and at fine spatial …

Julian Oeser, Damaris Zurell, Frieder Mayer, Emrah Çoraman, Nia Toshkova, Stanimira Deleva, Ioseb Natradze, Petr Benda, Astghik Ghazaryan, Sercan Irmak, Nijat Hasanov, Gulnar Guliyeva, Mariya Gritsina, Tobias Kuemmerle

Changes in agriculture-biodiversity trade-offs in relation to landscape context in the Argentine Chaco

Better balancing agricultural production and biodiversity conservation is a central goal for many landscapes. Yet, empirical work on …

Ricardo Torres, Tobias Kuemmerle, Marcelo R. Zak