Journal
SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 81, Issue -, Pages 124-127Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2014.10.023
Keywords
Species distribution model; MaxEnt; Hormogaster elisae; Hormogastridae
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Funding
- Spanish Government [CGL2010-16032]
- Fundacion Ramon Areces
- Marie Curie Fellowship
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Studies on spatial patterns of distributions of soil dwelling animals have usually relied on soil micro-variables or statistical analyses based on presence/absence data. Geographic Information Systems (GIS) allow easy access to large-scale variables to build species distribution models. In this study, we used MaxEnt to model the distribution of the endogeic earthworm Hormogaster elisae. Significant differences were found between the predicted suitability values of localities where the species was present and those where it was absent, validating the predictive model. Most of the large-scale training variables showed significant correlation with soil micro-variables known to influence the biology of the species, proving the ability of the model to predict (to an extent) soil variables from environmental ones. The methodology could be extended to other soil fauna. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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