Species distribution modelling: contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data

Species distribution models (SDMs) are widely used in ecology and conservation. Presence-only SDMs such as MaxEnt frequently use natural history collections (NHCs) as occurrence data, given their huge numbers and accessibility. NHCs are often spatially biased which may generate inaccuracies in SDMs....

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Main Authors: Gomes, Vitor H.F., IJff, Stéphanie D., Raes, Niels, Amaral, Iêda Leão, Salomão, Rafael P., de Souza Coelho, Luiz, de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionízia, Castilho, Carolina V., de Andrade Lima Filho, Diogenes, López, Dairon Cárdenas, Guevara, Juan Ernesto, Magnusson, William E., Phillips, Oliver L., Wittmann, Florian, de Jesus Veiga Carim, Marcelo, Martins, Maria Pires, Irume, Mariana Victória, Sabatier, Daniel, Molino, Jean-François, Bánki, Olaf S., da Silva Guimarães, José Renan, Pitman, Nigel C.A., Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo, Luize, Bruno Garcia, Venticinque, Eduardo Martins, de Leão Novo, Evlyn Márcia Moraes, Vargas, Percy Núñez, Silva, Thiago Sanna Freire, Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto, Terborgh, John, Reis, Neidiane Farias Costa, Montero, Juan Carlos, Casula, Katia Regina, Marimon, Beatriz S., Marimon, Ben-Hur, Coronado, Euridice N. Honorio, Feldpausch, Ted R., Duque, Alvaro, Zartman, Charles Eugene, Arboleda, Nicolás Castaño, Killeen, Timothy J., Mostacedo, Bonifacio, Vasquez, Rodolfo, Schöngart, Jochen, Assis, Rafael L., Medeiros, Marcelo Brilhante, Simon, Marcelo Fragomeni, Andrade, Ana, Laurance, William F., Camargo, José Luís, Demarchi, Layon O., Laurance, Susan G.W., de Sousa Farias, Emanuelle, Nascimento, Henrique Eduardo Mendonça, Revilla, Juan David Cardenas, Quaresma, Adriano, Costa, Flávia R.C., Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães, Cintra, Bruno Barçante Ladvocat, Castellanos, Hernán, Brienen, Roel, Stevenson, Pablo R., Feitosa, Yuri, Duivenvoorden, Joost F., Aymard C., Gerardo A., Mogollón, Hugo F., Targhetta, Natalia, Comiskey, James A., Vicentini, Alberto, Lopes, Aline, Damasco, Gabriel, Dávila, Nállarett, García-Villacorta, Roosevelt, Levis, Carolina, Schietti, Juliana, Souza, Priscila, Emilio, Thaise, Alonso, Alfonso, Neill, David, Dallmeier, Francisco, Ferreira, Leandro Valle, Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro, Praia, Daniel, do Amaral, Dário Dantas, Carvalho, Fernanda Antunes, de Souza, Fernanda Coelho, Feeley, Kenneth, Arroyo, Luzmila, Pansonato, Marcelo Petratti, Gribel, Rogerio, Villa, Boris, Licona, Juan Carlos, Fine, Paul V.A., Cerón, Carlos, Baraloto, Chris, Jimenez, Eliana M., Stropp, Juliana, Engel, Julien, Silveira, Marcos, Mora, Maria Cristina Peñuela, Petronelli, Pascal, Maas, Paul, Thomas-Caesar, Raquel, Henkel, Terry W., Daly, Doug, Paredes, Marcos Ríos, Baker, Tim R., Fuentes, Alfredo, Peres, Carlos A., Chave, Jerome, Pena, Jose Luis Marcelo, Dexter, Kyle G., Silman, Miles R., Jørgensen, Peter Møller, Pennington, Toby, Di Fiore, Anthony, Valverde, Fernando Cornejo, Phillips, Juan Fernando, Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo, von Hildebrand, Patricio, van Andel, Tinde R., Ruschel, Ademir R., Prieto, Adriana, Rudas, Agustín, Hoffman, Bruce, Vela, César I. A., Barbosa, Edelcilio Marques, Zent, Egleé L., Gonzales, George Pepe Gallardo, Doza, Hilda Paulette Dávila, de Andrade Miranda, Ires Paula, Guillaumet, Jean-Louis, Pinto, Linder Felipe Mozombite, de Matos Bonates, Luiz Carlos, Silva, Natalino, Gómez, Ricardo Zárate, Zent, Stanford, Gonzales, Therany, Vos, Vincent A., Malhi, Yadvinder, Oliveira, Alexandre A., Cano, Angela, Albuquerque, Bianca Weiss, Vriesendorp, Corine, Correa, Diego Felipe, Torre, Emilio Vilanova, van der Heijden, Geertje, Ramirez-Angulo, Hirma, Ramos, José Ferreira, Young, Kenneth R., Rocha, Maira, Nascimento, Marcelo Trindade, Medina, Maria Natalia Umaña, Tirado, Milton, Wang, Ophelia, Sierra, Rodrigo, Torres-Lezama, Armando, Mendoza, Casimiro, Ferreira, Cid, Baider, Cláudia, Villarroel, Daniel, Balslev, Henrik, Mesones, Italo, Giraldo, Ligia Estela Urrego, Casas, Luisa Fernanda, Reategui, Manuel Augusto Ahuite, Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo, Zagt, Roderick, Cárdenas, Sasha, Farfan-Rios, William, Sampaio, Adeilza Felipe, Pauletto, Daniela, Sandoval, Elvis H. Valderrama, Arevalo, Freddy Ramirez, Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau, Garcia-Cabrera, Karina, Hernandez, Lionel, Gamarra, Luis Valenzuela, Alexiades, Miguel N., Pansini, Susamar, Cuenca, Walter Palacios, Milliken, William, Ricardo, Joana, Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela, Pos, Edwin, ter Steege, Hans
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author Gomes, Vitor H.F.
IJff, Stéphanie D.
Raes, Niels
Amaral, Iêda Leão
Salomão, Rafael P.
de Souza Coelho, Luiz
de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionízia
Castilho, Carolina V.
de Andrade Lima Filho, Diogenes
López, Dairon Cárdenas
Guevara, Juan Ernesto
Magnusson, William E.
Phillips, Oliver L.
Wittmann, Florian
de Jesus Veiga Carim, Marcelo
Martins, Maria Pires
Irume, Mariana Victória
Sabatier, Daniel
Molino, Jean-François
Bánki, Olaf S.
da Silva Guimarães, José Renan
Pitman, Nigel C.A.
Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez
Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo
Luize, Bruno Garcia
Venticinque, Eduardo Martins
de Leão Novo, Evlyn Márcia Moraes
Vargas, Percy Núñez
Silva, Thiago Sanna Freire
Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto
Terborgh, John
Reis, Neidiane Farias Costa
Montero, Juan Carlos
Casula, Katia Regina
Marimon, Beatriz S.
Marimon, Ben-Hur
Coronado, Euridice N. Honorio
Feldpausch, Ted R.
Duque, Alvaro
Zartman, Charles Eugene
Arboleda, Nicolás Castaño
Killeen, Timothy J.
Mostacedo, Bonifacio
Vasquez, Rodolfo
Schöngart, Jochen
Assis, Rafael L.
Medeiros, Marcelo Brilhante
Simon, Marcelo Fragomeni
Andrade, Ana
Laurance, William F.
Camargo, José Luís
Demarchi, Layon O.
Laurance, Susan G.W.
de Sousa Farias, Emanuelle
Nascimento, Henrique Eduardo Mendonça
Revilla, Juan David Cardenas
Quaresma, Adriano
Costa, Flávia R.C.
Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães
Cintra, Bruno Barçante Ladvocat
Castellanos, Hernán
Brienen, Roel
Stevenson, Pablo R.
Feitosa, Yuri
Duivenvoorden, Joost F.
Aymard C., Gerardo A.
Mogollón, Hugo F.
Targhetta, Natalia
Comiskey, James A.
Vicentini, Alberto
Lopes, Aline
Damasco, Gabriel
Dávila, Nállarett
García-Villacorta, Roosevelt
Levis, Carolina
Schietti, Juliana
Souza, Priscila
Emilio, Thaise
Alonso, Alfonso
Neill, David
Dallmeier, Francisco
Ferreira, Leandro Valle
Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro
Praia, Daniel
do Amaral, Dário Dantas
Carvalho, Fernanda Antunes
de Souza, Fernanda Coelho
Feeley, Kenneth
Arroyo, Luzmila
Pansonato, Marcelo Petratti
Gribel, Rogerio
Villa, Boris
Licona, Juan Carlos
Fine, Paul V.A.
Cerón, Carlos
Baraloto, Chris
Jimenez, Eliana M.
Stropp, Juliana
Engel, Julien
Silveira, Marcos
Mora, Maria Cristina Peñuela
Petronelli, Pascal
Maas, Paul
Thomas-Caesar, Raquel
Henkel, Terry W.
Daly, Doug
Paredes, Marcos Ríos
Baker, Tim R.
Fuentes, Alfredo
Peres, Carlos A.
Chave, Jerome
Pena, Jose Luis Marcelo
Dexter, Kyle G.
Silman, Miles R.
Jørgensen, Peter Møller
Pennington, Toby
Di Fiore, Anthony
Valverde, Fernando Cornejo
Phillips, Juan Fernando
Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo
von Hildebrand, Patricio
van Andel, Tinde R.
Ruschel, Ademir R.
Prieto, Adriana
Rudas, Agustín
Hoffman, Bruce
Vela, César I. A.
Barbosa, Edelcilio Marques
Zent, Egleé L.
Gonzales, George Pepe Gallardo
Doza, Hilda Paulette Dávila
de Andrade Miranda, Ires Paula
Guillaumet, Jean-Louis
Pinto, Linder Felipe Mozombite
de Matos Bonates, Luiz Carlos
Silva, Natalino
Gómez, Ricardo Zárate
Zent, Stanford
Gonzales, Therany
Vos, Vincent A.
Malhi, Yadvinder
Oliveira, Alexandre A.
Cano, Angela
Albuquerque, Bianca Weiss
Vriesendorp, Corine
Correa, Diego Felipe
Torre, Emilio Vilanova
van der Heijden, Geertje
Ramirez-Angulo, Hirma
Ramos, José Ferreira
Young, Kenneth R.
Rocha, Maira
Nascimento, Marcelo Trindade
Medina, Maria Natalia Umaña
Tirado, Milton
Wang, Ophelia
Sierra, Rodrigo
Torres-Lezama, Armando
Mendoza, Casimiro
Ferreira, Cid
Baider, Cláudia
Villarroel, Daniel
Balslev, Henrik
Mesones, Italo
Giraldo, Ligia Estela Urrego
Casas, Luisa Fernanda
Reategui, Manuel Augusto Ahuite
Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo
Zagt, Roderick
Cárdenas, Sasha
Farfan-Rios, William
Sampaio, Adeilza Felipe
Pauletto, Daniela
Sandoval, Elvis H. Valderrama
Arevalo, Freddy Ramirez
Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau
Garcia-Cabrera, Karina
Hernandez, Lionel
Gamarra, Luis Valenzuela
Alexiades, Miguel N.
Pansini, Susamar
Cuenca, Walter Palacios
Milliken, William
Ricardo, Joana
Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela
Pos, Edwin
ter Steege, Hans
author_facet Gomes, Vitor H.F.
IJff, Stéphanie D.
Raes, Niels
Amaral, Iêda Leão
Salomão, Rafael P.
de Souza Coelho, Luiz
de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionízia
Castilho, Carolina V.
de Andrade Lima Filho, Diogenes
López, Dairon Cárdenas
Guevara, Juan Ernesto
Magnusson, William E.
Phillips, Oliver L.
Wittmann, Florian
de Jesus Veiga Carim, Marcelo
Martins, Maria Pires
Irume, Mariana Victória
Sabatier, Daniel
Molino, Jean-François
Bánki, Olaf S.
da Silva Guimarães, José Renan
Pitman, Nigel C.A.
Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez
Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo
Luize, Bruno Garcia
Venticinque, Eduardo Martins
de Leão Novo, Evlyn Márcia Moraes
Vargas, Percy Núñez
Silva, Thiago Sanna Freire
Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto
Terborgh, John
Reis, Neidiane Farias Costa
Montero, Juan Carlos
Casula, Katia Regina
Marimon, Beatriz S.
Marimon, Ben-Hur
Coronado, Euridice N. Honorio
Feldpausch, Ted R.
Duque, Alvaro
Zartman, Charles Eugene
Arboleda, Nicolás Castaño
Killeen, Timothy J.
Mostacedo, Bonifacio
Vasquez, Rodolfo
Schöngart, Jochen
Assis, Rafael L.
Medeiros, Marcelo Brilhante
Simon, Marcelo Fragomeni
Andrade, Ana
Laurance, William F.
Camargo, José Luís
Demarchi, Layon O.
Laurance, Susan G.W.
de Sousa Farias, Emanuelle
Nascimento, Henrique Eduardo Mendonça
Revilla, Juan David Cardenas
Quaresma, Adriano
Costa, Flávia R.C.
Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães
Cintra, Bruno Barçante Ladvocat
Castellanos, Hernán
Brienen, Roel
Stevenson, Pablo R.
Feitosa, Yuri
Duivenvoorden, Joost F.
Aymard C., Gerardo A.
Mogollón, Hugo F.
Targhetta, Natalia
Comiskey, James A.
Vicentini, Alberto
Lopes, Aline
Damasco, Gabriel
Dávila, Nállarett
García-Villacorta, Roosevelt
Levis, Carolina
Schietti, Juliana
Souza, Priscila
Emilio, Thaise
Alonso, Alfonso
Neill, David
Dallmeier, Francisco
Ferreira, Leandro Valle
Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro
Praia, Daniel
do Amaral, Dário Dantas
Carvalho, Fernanda Antunes
de Souza, Fernanda Coelho
Feeley, Kenneth
Arroyo, Luzmila
Pansonato, Marcelo Petratti
Gribel, Rogerio
Villa, Boris
Licona, Juan Carlos
Fine, Paul V.A.
Cerón, Carlos
Baraloto, Chris
Jimenez, Eliana M.
Stropp, Juliana
Engel, Julien
Silveira, Marcos
Mora, Maria Cristina Peñuela
Petronelli, Pascal
Maas, Paul
Thomas-Caesar, Raquel
Henkel, Terry W.
Daly, Doug
Paredes, Marcos Ríos
Baker, Tim R.
Fuentes, Alfredo
Peres, Carlos A.
Chave, Jerome
Pena, Jose Luis Marcelo
Dexter, Kyle G.
Silman, Miles R.
Jørgensen, Peter Møller
Pennington, Toby
Di Fiore, Anthony
Valverde, Fernando Cornejo
Phillips, Juan Fernando
Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo
von Hildebrand, Patricio
van Andel, Tinde R.
Ruschel, Ademir R.
Prieto, Adriana
Rudas, Agustín
Hoffman, Bruce
Vela, César I. A.
Barbosa, Edelcilio Marques
Zent, Egleé L.
Gonzales, George Pepe Gallardo
Doza, Hilda Paulette Dávila
de Andrade Miranda, Ires Paula
Guillaumet, Jean-Louis
Pinto, Linder Felipe Mozombite
de Matos Bonates, Luiz Carlos
Silva, Natalino
Gómez, Ricardo Zárate
Zent, Stanford
Gonzales, Therany
Vos, Vincent A.
Malhi, Yadvinder
Oliveira, Alexandre A.
Cano, Angela
Albuquerque, Bianca Weiss
Vriesendorp, Corine
Correa, Diego Felipe
Torre, Emilio Vilanova
van der Heijden, Geertje
Ramirez-Angulo, Hirma
Ramos, José Ferreira
Young, Kenneth R.
Rocha, Maira
Nascimento, Marcelo Trindade
Medina, Maria Natalia Umaña
Tirado, Milton
Wang, Ophelia
Sierra, Rodrigo
Torres-Lezama, Armando
Mendoza, Casimiro
Ferreira, Cid
Baider, Cláudia
Villarroel, Daniel
Balslev, Henrik
Mesones, Italo
Giraldo, Ligia Estela Urrego
Casas, Luisa Fernanda
Reategui, Manuel Augusto Ahuite
Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo
Zagt, Roderick
Cárdenas, Sasha
Farfan-Rios, William
Sampaio, Adeilza Felipe
Pauletto, Daniela
Sandoval, Elvis H. Valderrama
Arevalo, Freddy Ramirez
Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau
Garcia-Cabrera, Karina
Hernandez, Lionel
Gamarra, Luis Valenzuela
Alexiades, Miguel N.
Pansini, Susamar
Cuenca, Walter Palacios
Milliken, William
Ricardo, Joana
Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela
Pos, Edwin
ter Steege, Hans
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description Species distribution models (SDMs) are widely used in ecology and conservation. Presence-only SDMs such as MaxEnt frequently use natural history collections (NHCs) as occurrence data, given their huge numbers and accessibility. NHCs are often spatially biased which may generate inaccuracies in SDMs. Here, we test how the distribution of NHCs and MaxEnt predictions relates to a spatial abundance model, based on a large plot dataset for Amazonian tree species, using inverse distance weighting (IDW). We also propose a new pipeline to deal with inconsistencies in NHCs and to limit the area of occupancy of the species. We found a significant but weak positive relationship between the distribution of NHCs and IDW for 66% of the species. The relationship between SDMs and IDW was also significant but weakly positive for 95% of the species, and sensitivity for both analyses was high. Furthermore, the pipeline removed half of the NHCs records. Presence-only SDM applications should consider this limitation, especially for large biodiversity assessments projects, when they are automatically generated without subsequent checking. Our pipeline provides a conservative estimate of a species’ area of occupancy, within an area slightly larger than its extent of occurrence, compatible to e.g. IUCN red list assessments.
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spelling nottingham-499952020-05-04T19:27:06Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49995/ Species distribution modelling: contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data Gomes, Vitor H.F. IJff, Stéphanie D. Raes, Niels Amaral, Iêda Leão Salomão, Rafael P. de Souza Coelho, Luiz de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionízia Castilho, Carolina V. de Andrade Lima Filho, Diogenes López, Dairon Cárdenas Guevara, Juan Ernesto Magnusson, William E. Phillips, Oliver L. Wittmann, Florian de Jesus Veiga Carim, Marcelo Martins, Maria Pires Irume, Mariana Victória Sabatier, Daniel Molino, Jean-François Bánki, Olaf S. da Silva Guimarães, José Renan Pitman, Nigel C.A. Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo Luize, Bruno Garcia Venticinque, Eduardo Martins de Leão Novo, Evlyn Márcia Moraes Vargas, Percy Núñez Silva, Thiago Sanna Freire Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto Terborgh, John Reis, Neidiane Farias Costa Montero, Juan Carlos Casula, Katia Regina Marimon, Beatriz S. Marimon, Ben-Hur Coronado, Euridice N. Honorio Feldpausch, Ted R. Duque, Alvaro Zartman, Charles Eugene Arboleda, Nicolás Castaño Killeen, Timothy J. Mostacedo, Bonifacio Vasquez, Rodolfo Schöngart, Jochen Assis, Rafael L. Medeiros, Marcelo Brilhante Simon, Marcelo Fragomeni Andrade, Ana Laurance, William F. Camargo, José Luís Demarchi, Layon O. Laurance, Susan G.W. de Sousa Farias, Emanuelle Nascimento, Henrique Eduardo Mendonça Revilla, Juan David Cardenas Quaresma, Adriano Costa, Flávia R.C. Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães Cintra, Bruno Barçante Ladvocat Castellanos, Hernán Brienen, Roel Stevenson, Pablo R. Feitosa, Yuri Duivenvoorden, Joost F. Aymard C., Gerardo A. Mogollón, Hugo F. Targhetta, Natalia Comiskey, James A. Vicentini, Alberto Lopes, Aline Damasco, Gabriel Dávila, Nállarett García-Villacorta, Roosevelt Levis, Carolina Schietti, Juliana Souza, Priscila Emilio, Thaise Alonso, Alfonso Neill, David Dallmeier, Francisco Ferreira, Leandro Valle Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro Praia, Daniel do Amaral, Dário Dantas Carvalho, Fernanda Antunes de Souza, Fernanda Coelho Feeley, Kenneth Arroyo, Luzmila Pansonato, Marcelo Petratti Gribel, Rogerio Villa, Boris Licona, Juan Carlos Fine, Paul V.A. Cerón, Carlos Baraloto, Chris Jimenez, Eliana M. Stropp, Juliana Engel, Julien Silveira, Marcos Mora, Maria Cristina Peñuela Petronelli, Pascal Maas, Paul Thomas-Caesar, Raquel Henkel, Terry W. Daly, Doug Paredes, Marcos Ríos Baker, Tim R. Fuentes, Alfredo Peres, Carlos A. Chave, Jerome Pena, Jose Luis Marcelo Dexter, Kyle G. Silman, Miles R. Jørgensen, Peter Møller Pennington, Toby Di Fiore, Anthony Valverde, Fernando Cornejo Phillips, Juan Fernando Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo von Hildebrand, Patricio van Andel, Tinde R. Ruschel, Ademir R. Prieto, Adriana Rudas, Agustín Hoffman, Bruce Vela, César I. A. Barbosa, Edelcilio Marques Zent, Egleé L. Gonzales, George Pepe Gallardo Doza, Hilda Paulette Dávila de Andrade Miranda, Ires Paula Guillaumet, Jean-Louis Pinto, Linder Felipe Mozombite de Matos Bonates, Luiz Carlos Silva, Natalino Gómez, Ricardo Zárate Zent, Stanford Gonzales, Therany Vos, Vincent A. Malhi, Yadvinder Oliveira, Alexandre A. Cano, Angela Albuquerque, Bianca Weiss Vriesendorp, Corine Correa, Diego Felipe Torre, Emilio Vilanova van der Heijden, Geertje Ramirez-Angulo, Hirma Ramos, José Ferreira Young, Kenneth R. Rocha, Maira Nascimento, Marcelo Trindade Medina, Maria Natalia Umaña Tirado, Milton Wang, Ophelia Sierra, Rodrigo Torres-Lezama, Armando Mendoza, Casimiro Ferreira, Cid Baider, Cláudia Villarroel, Daniel Balslev, Henrik Mesones, Italo Giraldo, Ligia Estela Urrego Casas, Luisa Fernanda Reategui, Manuel Augusto Ahuite Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo Zagt, Roderick Cárdenas, Sasha Farfan-Rios, William Sampaio, Adeilza Felipe Pauletto, Daniela Sandoval, Elvis H. Valderrama Arevalo, Freddy Ramirez Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau Garcia-Cabrera, Karina Hernandez, Lionel Gamarra, Luis Valenzuela Alexiades, Miguel N. Pansini, Susamar Cuenca, Walter Palacios Milliken, William Ricardo, Joana Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela Pos, Edwin ter Steege, Hans Species distribution models (SDMs) are widely used in ecology and conservation. Presence-only SDMs such as MaxEnt frequently use natural history collections (NHCs) as occurrence data, given their huge numbers and accessibility. NHCs are often spatially biased which may generate inaccuracies in SDMs. Here, we test how the distribution of NHCs and MaxEnt predictions relates to a spatial abundance model, based on a large plot dataset for Amazonian tree species, using inverse distance weighting (IDW). We also propose a new pipeline to deal with inconsistencies in NHCs and to limit the area of occupancy of the species. We found a significant but weak positive relationship between the distribution of NHCs and IDW for 66% of the species. The relationship between SDMs and IDW was also significant but weakly positive for 95% of the species, and sensitivity for both analyses was high. Furthermore, the pipeline removed half of the NHCs records. Presence-only SDM applications should consider this limitation, especially for large biodiversity assessments projects, when they are automatically generated without subsequent checking. Our pipeline provides a conservative estimate of a species’ area of occupancy, within an area slightly larger than its extent of occurrence, compatible to e.g. IUCN red list assessments. Nature Publishing Group 2018-01-17 Article PeerReviewed Gomes, Vitor H.F., IJff, Stéphanie D., Raes, Niels, Amaral, Iêda Leão, Salomão, Rafael P., de Souza Coelho, Luiz, de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionízia, Castilho, Carolina V., de Andrade Lima Filho, Diogenes, López, Dairon Cárdenas, Guevara, Juan Ernesto, Magnusson, William E., Phillips, Oliver L., Wittmann, Florian, de Jesus Veiga Carim, Marcelo, Martins, Maria Pires, Irume, Mariana Victória, Sabatier, Daniel, Molino, Jean-François, Bánki, Olaf S., da Silva Guimarães, José Renan, Pitman, Nigel C.A., Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez, Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo, Luize, Bruno Garcia, Venticinque, Eduardo Martins, de Leão Novo, Evlyn Márcia Moraes, Vargas, Percy Núñez, Silva, Thiago Sanna Freire, Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto, Terborgh, John, Reis, Neidiane Farias Costa, Montero, Juan Carlos, Casula, Katia Regina, Marimon, Beatriz S., Marimon, Ben-Hur, Coronado, Euridice N. 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Valderrama, Arevalo, Freddy Ramirez, Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau, Garcia-Cabrera, Karina, Hernandez, Lionel, Gamarra, Luis Valenzuela, Alexiades, Miguel N., Pansini, Susamar, Cuenca, Walter Palacios, Milliken, William, Ricardo, Joana, Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela, Pos, Edwin and ter Steege, Hans (2018) Species distribution modelling: contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data. Scientific Reports, 8 (1). 1003/1-1003/12. ISSN 2045-2322 biodiversity; ecological modelling https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18927-1 doi:10.1038/s41598-017-18927-1 doi:10.1038/s41598-017-18927-1
spellingShingle biodiversity; ecological modelling
Gomes, Vitor H.F.
IJff, Stéphanie D.
Raes, Niels
Amaral, Iêda Leão
Salomão, Rafael P.
de Souza Coelho, Luiz
de Almeida Matos, Francisca Dionízia
Castilho, Carolina V.
de Andrade Lima Filho, Diogenes
López, Dairon Cárdenas
Guevara, Juan Ernesto
Magnusson, William E.
Phillips, Oliver L.
Wittmann, Florian
de Jesus Veiga Carim, Marcelo
Martins, Maria Pires
Irume, Mariana Victória
Sabatier, Daniel
Molino, Jean-François
Bánki, Olaf S.
da Silva Guimarães, José Renan
Pitman, Nigel C.A.
Piedade, Maria Teresa Fernandez
Mendoza, Abel Monteagudo
Luize, Bruno Garcia
Venticinque, Eduardo Martins
de Leão Novo, Evlyn Márcia Moraes
Vargas, Percy Núñez
Silva, Thiago Sanna Freire
Manzatto, Angelo Gilberto
Terborgh, John
Reis, Neidiane Farias Costa
Montero, Juan Carlos
Casula, Katia Regina
Marimon, Beatriz S.
Marimon, Ben-Hur
Coronado, Euridice N. Honorio
Feldpausch, Ted R.
Duque, Alvaro
Zartman, Charles Eugene
Arboleda, Nicolás Castaño
Killeen, Timothy J.
Mostacedo, Bonifacio
Vasquez, Rodolfo
Schöngart, Jochen
Assis, Rafael L.
Medeiros, Marcelo Brilhante
Simon, Marcelo Fragomeni
Andrade, Ana
Laurance, William F.
Camargo, José Luís
Demarchi, Layon O.
Laurance, Susan G.W.
de Sousa Farias, Emanuelle
Nascimento, Henrique Eduardo Mendonça
Revilla, Juan David Cardenas
Quaresma, Adriano
Costa, Flávia R.C.
Vieira, Ima Célia Guimarães
Cintra, Bruno Barçante Ladvocat
Castellanos, Hernán
Brienen, Roel
Stevenson, Pablo R.
Feitosa, Yuri
Duivenvoorden, Joost F.
Aymard C., Gerardo A.
Mogollón, Hugo F.
Targhetta, Natalia
Comiskey, James A.
Vicentini, Alberto
Lopes, Aline
Damasco, Gabriel
Dávila, Nállarett
García-Villacorta, Roosevelt
Levis, Carolina
Schietti, Juliana
Souza, Priscila
Emilio, Thaise
Alonso, Alfonso
Neill, David
Dallmeier, Francisco
Ferreira, Leandro Valle
Araujo-Murakami, Alejandro
Praia, Daniel
do Amaral, Dário Dantas
Carvalho, Fernanda Antunes
de Souza, Fernanda Coelho
Feeley, Kenneth
Arroyo, Luzmila
Pansonato, Marcelo Petratti
Gribel, Rogerio
Villa, Boris
Licona, Juan Carlos
Fine, Paul V.A.
Cerón, Carlos
Baraloto, Chris
Jimenez, Eliana M.
Stropp, Juliana
Engel, Julien
Silveira, Marcos
Mora, Maria Cristina Peñuela
Petronelli, Pascal
Maas, Paul
Thomas-Caesar, Raquel
Henkel, Terry W.
Daly, Doug
Paredes, Marcos Ríos
Baker, Tim R.
Fuentes, Alfredo
Peres, Carlos A.
Chave, Jerome
Pena, Jose Luis Marcelo
Dexter, Kyle G.
Silman, Miles R.
Jørgensen, Peter Møller
Pennington, Toby
Di Fiore, Anthony
Valverde, Fernando Cornejo
Phillips, Juan Fernando
Rivas-Torres, Gonzalo
von Hildebrand, Patricio
van Andel, Tinde R.
Ruschel, Ademir R.
Prieto, Adriana
Rudas, Agustín
Hoffman, Bruce
Vela, César I. A.
Barbosa, Edelcilio Marques
Zent, Egleé L.
Gonzales, George Pepe Gallardo
Doza, Hilda Paulette Dávila
de Andrade Miranda, Ires Paula
Guillaumet, Jean-Louis
Pinto, Linder Felipe Mozombite
de Matos Bonates, Luiz Carlos
Silva, Natalino
Gómez, Ricardo Zárate
Zent, Stanford
Gonzales, Therany
Vos, Vincent A.
Malhi, Yadvinder
Oliveira, Alexandre A.
Cano, Angela
Albuquerque, Bianca Weiss
Vriesendorp, Corine
Correa, Diego Felipe
Torre, Emilio Vilanova
van der Heijden, Geertje
Ramirez-Angulo, Hirma
Ramos, José Ferreira
Young, Kenneth R.
Rocha, Maira
Nascimento, Marcelo Trindade
Medina, Maria Natalia Umaña
Tirado, Milton
Wang, Ophelia
Sierra, Rodrigo
Torres-Lezama, Armando
Mendoza, Casimiro
Ferreira, Cid
Baider, Cláudia
Villarroel, Daniel
Balslev, Henrik
Mesones, Italo
Giraldo, Ligia Estela Urrego
Casas, Luisa Fernanda
Reategui, Manuel Augusto Ahuite
Linares-Palomino, Reynaldo
Zagt, Roderick
Cárdenas, Sasha
Farfan-Rios, William
Sampaio, Adeilza Felipe
Pauletto, Daniela
Sandoval, Elvis H. Valderrama
Arevalo, Freddy Ramirez
Huamantupa-Chuquimaco, Isau
Garcia-Cabrera, Karina
Hernandez, Lionel
Gamarra, Luis Valenzuela
Alexiades, Miguel N.
Pansini, Susamar
Cuenca, Walter Palacios
Milliken, William
Ricardo, Joana
Lopez-Gonzalez, Gabriela
Pos, Edwin
ter Steege, Hans
Species distribution modelling: contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data
title Species distribution modelling: contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data
title_full Species distribution modelling: contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data
title_fullStr Species distribution modelling: contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data
title_full_unstemmed Species distribution modelling: contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data
title_short Species distribution modelling: contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data
title_sort species distribution modelling: contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data
topic biodiversity; ecological modelling
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49995/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49995/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/49995/