Associations between habitat quality and body size in the Carpathian land snail Vestia turgida: species distribution model selection and assessment of performance

• Date: 2021
• Main Authors: Tytar, V. M., Baidashnikov, O.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2021
• Online Access: https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/67
• Journal Title: Journal Zoodiversity

Species distribution models (SDMs) are generally thought to be good indicators of habitat suitability, and thus of species’ performance, consequently SDMs can be validated by checking whether the areas projected to have the greatest habitat quality are occupied by individuals or populations with hig...