An ensemble approach to species distribution modelling reconciles systematic differences in estimates of habitat utilization and range area Journal of Applied Ecology

Species distribution models (SDMs) are an important tool for conservation and resource management. However, managers are often interested in derived quantities such as range or area occupied, and how these are calculated can have a large impact. Ecosystem-based management typically requires spatial information about species distributions, which is increasingly generated from SDMs that are then processed to identify occupied habitat. Many types of SDMs exist, but there is little research regarding how this model-choice affects outcomes when defining occupied habitat, in part because these models generate different types of output.