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ReviewInsects2025

Systematic Review of Variable Selection Bias in Species Distribution Models for

Peter Pothmann, Helge Kampen, Doreen Werner, Hans-Hermann Thulke

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Review in Insects, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Presence records ofBiodiversity data journal · 2026
    Article
  3. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Peter PothmannLeibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Biodiversity of Aquatic and Semiaquatic Landscape Features, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-5976-5567
Helge KampenFriedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Institute of Infectology, 17493 Greifswald, Germany.
Doreen WernerLeibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research, Biodiversity of Aquatic and Semiaquatic Landscape Features, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany.
Hans-Hermann ThulkeDepartment of Ecological Modelling, Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research GmbH, 04318 Leipzig, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-7670-2231

Funding

German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) through the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) 2819107B22
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We conducted a systematic literature review, following PRISMA guidelines, to assess whether existing species distribution models for

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covariatesecological variable classificationmodel comparisonvariable selection

Identifiers

PMID41148929
PMCPMC12564128

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