Species distribution models often use climate data to assess contemporary and/or future ranges for animal or plant species. Land use and land cover (LULC) data are important predictor variables for determining species range, yet are rarely used when modeling future distributions. In this study, maximum entropy modeling was used to construct species distribution maps for 50 North American bird species to determine relative contributions of climate and LULC for contemporary (2001) and future (2075) time periods. Results indicate species-specific response to climate and LULC variables; however, both climate and LULC variables clearly are important for modeling both contemporary and potential future species ranges....
Categories: Data;
Types: Map Service,
OGC WFS Layer,
OGC WMS Layer,
OGC WMS Service;
Tags: CONUS,
CONUS,
Change,
Climate,
Climatology, All tags...
Conterminous,
Conterminous United States,
Ecology,
FORE-SCE,
Future,
IPCC,
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
Land Cover,
Land Use,
Land Use Change,
Lower 48,
Model,
Projection,
Range,
SDM,
SRES,
Scenario,
Special Report on Emissions Scenarios,
Species Distribution Model,
USGS,
USGS Science Data Catalog (SDC),
United States,
bird, Fewer tags
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