Biodiversity Data Use

The designation of protected areas - comparisons of protected area coverage and niche models of interest species can identify gaps in protected areas coverage that merit increased protection. By stacking niche models for different species, we can also identify areas where biodiversity is concentrated and maximise the protection of as many species as possible e.g. Leathwick et al., 2008

Invasive species management - We can build niche models of known occurrences of an invasive species within its native range and project this information into regions of potential invasion to determine the potential invasive threat of the species e.g. Carlos-Júnior et al., 2015.

Climate change mitigation - using models to define the characteristics of a species' niche, we can then predict the availability of suitable habitat under different climate scenarios and thus infer the impacts of climate change e.g. Aguilar et al. 2015