Applications IV: Exploring niche evolution and speciation mechanisms

This is the ninth part of a training course on Species Distribution Modelling (also called Ecological Niche Modelling) taught by Richard Pearson at University College London in November 2014. The talk describes how Species Distribution Models have been used to study niche conservatism over evolutionary timescales, to explore possible speciation mechanisms, and to inform species delimitation. Funding was provided by NERC (the UK Natural Environment Research Council).