Table of Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Chapter One. Introduction 1
5. Part I. Theory
6. Chapter Two. Concepts Of Niches 7
7. Chapter Three. Niches And Geographic Distributions 23
8. Part II. Practice
9. Chapter Four. Niches And Distributions In Practice: Overview 51
10. Chapter Five. Species’ Occurrence Data 62
11. Chapter Six. Environmental Data 82
12. Chapter Seven. Modeling Ecological Niches 97
13. Chapter Eight. From Niches To Distributions 138
14. Chapter Nine. Evaluating Model Performance And Signifi Cance 150
15. Part III. Applications
16. Chapter Ten. Introduction To Applications 185
17. Chapter Eleven. Discovering Biodiversity 189
18. Chapter Twelve. Conservation Planning And Climate Change Effects 200
19. Chapter Thirteen. Species’ Invasions 215
20. Chapter Fourteen. The Geography Of Disease Transmission 226
21. Chapter Fifteen. Linking Niches With Evolutionary Processes 238
22. Appendices
23. Appendix A. Glossary Of Symbols Used 261
24. Appendix B. Set Theory For G- And E-Space 266
25. Glossary 269
26. Bibliography 281