Two ecologically and economically important, and threatened Dipterocarp trees Sal (Shorea robusta) and Garjan (Dipterocarpus turbinatus) form mono-specific canopies in dry deciduous, moist deciduous, evergreen, and semievergreen forests across South Asia and continental parts of Southeast Asia. They provide valuable timber and play an important role in the economy of many Asian countries. Howev...

Aim To introduce Gaussian mixture distributions and sequential maximum a posteriori image segmentation (GM-SMAP) as a model that predicts species ranges from mapped climatic variables, and to compare its predictive capacity with two commonly used bioclimatic models: regression tree analysis (RTA) and smoothed response surfaces (SRS). Location North-west North America. Methods We compared models...

Abstract Background The aim of this study is to examine the effects four different bioclimatic predictors (current, 2050, 2070, and 2090 under Shared Socioeconomic Pathways SSP2-4.5) non-bioclimatic variables (soil, habitat heterogeneity index, land use, slope, aspect) on suitability niche dimensions critically endangered plant species Commiphora wightii in India. We also evaluate how modelling...

In many areas of science, scientists need to find distinct common characterizations of the same objects and, vice versa, to identify sets of objects that admit multiple shared descriptions. For example, in biology, an important task is to identify the bioclimatic constraints that allow some species to survive, that is, to describe geographical regions both in terms of the fauna that inhabits th...

Université d'Aix-Marseille III, Centre de Saint-Jérôme, Laboratoire de Botanique et d'Ecologie Méditerranéenne, 13397 MARSEILLE/CEDEX 4. Abstract: Methods of classifying ecosystems have developed differently in Europe and America. Individualization of bioclimatic zones and of altitudinal levels proved most valuable, particularly the role of edaphic factors. This methodology can be associated wi...

Various approaches have been used to model the productive potential of sugar beets under conditions unstable moistening steppe zone Russia. This paper considers general theoretical approach functional description most processes plant growth and development in ontogenesis, as well any organism, which is determined by conversion bioclimatic resources into biological mass plants. Through mathemati...