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Species distribution models (SDMs) aim to predict the distribution of species by relating occurrence data with environmental variables. Recent applications of deep learning to SDMs have enabled new avenues, specifically the inclusion of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-07 Nina van Tiel , Robin Zbinden , Emanuele Dalsasso , Benjamin Kellenberger , Loïc Pellissier , Devis Tuia

This paper focuses on a core task in computational sustainability and statistical ecology: species distribution modeling (SDM). In SDM, the occurrence pattern of a species on a landscape is predicted by environmental features based on…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-02-19 Eugene Seo , Rebecca A. Hutchinson , Xiao Fu , Chelsea Li , Tyler A. Hallman , John Kilbride , W. Douglas Robinson

Species Distribution Models (SDMs) play a vital role in biodiversity research, conservation planning, and ecological niche modeling by predicting species distributions based on environmental conditions. The selection of predictors is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-22 Robin Zbinden , Nina van Tiel , Gencer Sumbul , Chiara Vanalli , Benjamin Kellenberger , Devis Tuia

Species distribution models (SDMs), which aim to predict species occurrence based on environmental variables, are widely used to monitor and respond to biodiversity change. Recent deep learning advances for SDMs have been shown to perform…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-14 Catherine Villeneuve , Benjamin Akera , Mélisande Teng , David Rolnick

We discuss species distribution models (SDM) for biodiversity studies in ecology. SDM plays an important role to estimate abundance of a species based on environmental variables that are closely related with the habitat of the species. The…

Applications · Statistics 2023-05-01 Osamu Komori , Yusuke Saigusa , Shinto Eguchi

The post-2020 global biodiversity framework needs ambitious, research-based targets. Estimating the accelerated extinction risk due to climate change is critical. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) measures the…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2024-01-12 Joaquim Estopinan , Pierre Bonnet , Maximilien Servajean , François Munoz , Alexis Joly

We address an important problem in ecology called Species Distribution Modeling (SDM), whose goal is to predict whether a species exists at a certain position on Earth. In particular, we tackle a challenging version of this task, where we…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-24 Shiran Yuan , Hao Zhao

We focus on species distribution modeling using global-scale presence-only data, leveraging geographical and environmental features to map species ranges, as in previous studies. However, we innovate by integrating taxonomic classification…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Srikumar Sastry , Xin Xing , Aayush Dhakal , Subash Khanal , Adeel Ahmad , Nathan Jacobs

The difficulty of monitoring biodiversity at fine scales and over large areas limits ecological knowledge and conservation efforts. To fill this gap, Species Distribution Models (SDMs) predict species across space from spatially explicit…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-12 Lukas Picek , Christophe Botella , Maximilien Servajean , César Leblanc , Rémi Palard , Théo Larcher , Benjamin Deneu , Diego Marcos , Pierre Bonnet , Alexis Joly

In the face of significant biodiversity decline, species distribution models (SDMs) are essential for understanding the impact of climate change on species habitats by connecting environmental conditions to species occurrences.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-03-13 Robin Zbinden , Nina van Tiel , Marc Rußwurm , Devis Tuia

Understanding how species are distributed across landscapes over time is a fundamental question in biodiversity research. Unfortunately, most species distribution models only target a single species at a time, despite strong ecological…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-02-22 Di Chen , Yexiang Xue , Shuo Chen , Daniel Fink , Carla Gomes

Species distribution models (SDMs) are key tools in ecology, conservation and management of natural resources. They are commonly trained by scientific survey data but, since surveys are expensive, there is a need for complementary sources…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-04-03 Karel Kaurila , Sanna Kuningas , Antti Lappalainen , Jarno Vanhatalo

Species distribution models (SDMs) are increasingly applied across macroscales. Such models typically assume that a single set of regression coefficients can adequately describe species-environment relationships and/or population trends.…

Data acquisition in animal ecology is rapidly accelerating due to inexpensive and accessible sensors such as smartphones, drones, satellites, audio recorders and bio-logging devices. These new technologies and the data they generate hold…

Species distribution models (SDM) are a key tool in ecology, conservation and management of natural resources. Two key components of the state-of-the-art SDMs are the description for species distribution response along environmental…

Methodology · Statistics 2021-11-08 Jarno Vanhatalo , Marcelo Hartmann , Lari Veneranta

Many machine learning (ML) approaches are widely used to generate bioclimatic models for prediction of geographic range of organism as a function of climate. Applications such as prediction of range shift in organism, range of invasive…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2013-06-19 Maumita Bhattacharya

Climate change poses an extreme threat to biodiversity, making it imperative to efficiently model the geographical range of different species. The availability of large-scale remote sensing images and environmental data has facilitated the…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-12-30 Theresa Chen , Yao-Yi Chiang

Species distribution models (SDMs) are widely used to predict species' geographic distributions, serving as critical tools for ecological research and conservation planning. Typically, SDMs relate species occurrences to environmental…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Hager Radi Abdelwahed , Mélisande Teng , Robin Zbinden , Laura Pollock , Hugo Larochelle , Devis Tuia , David Rolnick

Science mapping (SM), the study of the organization and development of science and technology, is a rapidly developing field within information science. The volume of available data allows this methodology to empirically address such issues…

Digital Libraries · Computer Science 2014-09-25 Sandor Soos

Biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, impacting ecosystem services necessary to ensure food, water, and human health and well-being. Understanding the distribution of species and their habitats is crucial for conservation…

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