MaxentVariableSelection (version 1.0-0)
Selecting the Best Set of Relevant Environmental Variables along
with the Optimal Regularization Multiplier for Maxent Niche
Modeling
Description
Complex niche models show low performance in identifying
the most important range-limiting environmental variables and in
transferring habitat suitability to novel environmental conditions
(Warren and Seifert, 2011; Warren et al., 2014). This package helps to
identify the most important set of uncorrelated variables and to
fine-tune Maxent's regularization multiplier. In combination, this
allows to constrain complexity and increase performance of Maxent niche
models (assessed by information criteria, such as AICc (Akaike, 1974) ,
and by the area under the receiver operating characteristic (AUC)
(Fielding and Bell, 1997). Users of this package should be familiar with
Maxent niche modelling.