modelling the distribution of endemic species with less that 5 occurrence data

[Lerato Hoveka]

Dear Experts

Can you please give me advice on what would be these best approach for modelling the distribution of endemic species with less than 5 occurrence points?

Many thanks

Lerato

[Jamie M. Kass]

Have you tried searching the literature? Your question is pretty vague, but here are some papers to get you started:

Shcheglovitova, M., & Anderson, R. P. (2013). Estimating optimal complexity for ecological niche models: a jackknife approach for species with small sample sizes. Ecological Modelling, 269, 9-17.

Hernandez, P. A., Graham, C. H., Master, L. L., & Albert, D. L. (2006). The effect of sample size and species characteristics on performance of different species distribution modeling methods. Ecography, 29(5), 773-785.

Wisz, M. S., Hijmans, R. J., Li, J., Peterson, A. T., Graham, C. H., & Guisan, A. (2008). Effects of sample size on the performance of species distribution models. Diversity and distributions, 14(5), 763-773.

Jamie Kass
PhD Candidate
City College of NY