Current and future ranges of an elusive North American insect using species distribution models

From Phenology and Habitat Preferences to Climate Change: Importance of Citizen Science in Studying Insect Ecology in the Continental Scale with American Red Flat Bark Beetle, Cucujus clavipes, as a Model Species

“…Moreover, it helped to map the future distribution of rare species and/or high modelled species richness allowing to appropriately prioritize conservation areas for the establishment of new protected areas, e.g., [ 182 , 183 , 184 , 185 ]. In addition, the ENM allowed to determine the potential distribution of species and indicate promising areas for new surveys, e.g., [ 186 , 187 , 188 ], to define the distribution of recently described taxa and areas where such species may be found, e.g., [ 189 , 190 ], and/or to indicate areas that are suitable for exotic invasive species to establish new populations, e.g., [ 191 , 192 , 193 , 194 , 195 ]. Our results clearly show that ranges of both subspecies of Cucujus clavipes will significantly change, and depending on scenario, loss of suitable niches for ssp.…”

Suitable areas for the invasion expansion of Xylocopa bees in South America

“…Species distribution modelling require the occurrence data of the target species to predict their future distribution. Thus, occurrences obtained under current climatic conditions and considered in all climatic areas accessible to the species were used (Silva et al, 2019). Niche parameters and potential species distribution can then be projected in geographical areas with similar environmental characteristics to the observed occurrences (Araújo & Guisan, 2006).…”

A tale of two crickets: global climate and local competition shape the distribution of European Oecanthus species (Orthoptera, Gryllidae)

“…Correlative techniques to model species distributions are among the most widespread approaches to test hypotheses about species' spatial dynamics and ecological niches, and for assessing responses to climate change and predicting distributional changes in time. A wealth of well-established methodological protocols and relatively simple assumptions (Santini et al 2021) have also made these techniques very popular and widespread in the ecological literature (Lobo 2016, Silva et al 2019. Species' responses to climate change may be driven by different factors at variable spatial scales, e.g.…”