Is Maxent software (bioclimate modeling) only used for rare or endemic species, or can it be used for common species as well?
You can use this program to describe the diversity of all species, but due to its accuracy, it is mostly used for rare species
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Hamid Nazari
Dear collegue,
Maxent has the advantage of being ready to use. However, any species distribution models software works with both common and rare species.
Some techniques are more data intensive then others and Maxent does not need a lot of observation data to fit a distribution compared to other techniques, which is good for rare species.
In any case, the model is 100% usable on common species as long as :
- you provide enough data for the model to fit (this should not be a problem if your species is common)
- the observation data covers the entire range of environmental conditions in which the species is found (i.e., avoid having a truncated niche)
- the species is in equilibrium with its environment (i.e., niche conservation hypothesis)
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Alexandre
Can the use of Maxent help to differentiate two species that are difficult to differentiate morphologically?
Me explico mejor. Dos especies están diferenciadas morfológicamente. Sus áreas geográficas son muy próximas y podría haber solapamiento. Si con maxent puedo distinguir el espacio potencial de cada especie o sus nichos ecológicos y en consecuencia las variables climáticas que más influyen en cada especie ¿cómo podría demostrar estadísticamente estas diferencias que me aporta maxent?¿qué datos o archivo es el más adecuado para trabajar lo que planteo?
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