Evaluating ecological niche model accuracy in predicting biotic invasions using South Florida's exotic lizard community

Predicting environmentally suitable areas for non‐native species is an important step in managing biotic invasions, and ecological niche models are commonly used to accomplish this task. Depending on these models to enact appropriate management plans assumes their accuracy, but most niche model studies do not provide validation for their model outputs. South Florida hosts the world's most globally diverse non‐native lizard community, providing a unique opportunity to evaluate the predictive ability of niche models by comparing model predictions to observed patterns of distribution, abundance and physiology in established non‐native populations.

• Publication year

  2019

• Venue

  Journal of Biogeography

• Publication date

  2019-01-18

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1111/jbi.13511
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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