{"id":"https://openalex.org/W7141029945","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103745","title":"Climatic clues to local distributions: a hierarchical approach to model the distribution of Miniopterus schreibersii in Italy","display_name":"Climatic clues to local distributions: a hierarchical approach to model the distribution of Miniopterus schreibersii in Italy","publication_year":2026,"publication_date":"2026-03-27","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W7141029945","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103745"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103745","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103745","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S195809937","display_name":"Ecological Informatics","issn_l":"1574-9541","issn":["1574-9541","1878-0512"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Ecological Informatics","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref","doaj"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"gold","oa_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103745","any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5130769117","display_name":"Francesca Festa","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Francesca Festa","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5034130258","display_name":"Stefania Leopardi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2835-492X"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Stefania Leopardi","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5130722816","display_name":"Luigi Maiorano","orcid":null},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Luigi Maiorano","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5038116044","display_name":"Francesca Cosentino","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9064-2696"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Francesca Cosentino","raw_affiliation_strings":[],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":0,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5130769117"],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":{"value":2510,"currency":"USD","value_usd":2510},"apc_paid":{"value":2510,"currency":"USD","value_usd":2510},"fwci":0.0,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":0,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.73317498,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":null,"biblio":{"volume":"95","issue":null,"first_page":"103745","last_page":"103745"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10895","display_name":"Species Distribution and Climate Change","score":0.384799987077713,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2302","display_name":"Ecological Modeling"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10895","display_name":"Species Distribution and Climate Change","score":0.384799987077713,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2302","display_name":"Ecological Modeling"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T14378","display_name":"Entomological Studies and Ecology","score":0.06909999996423721,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1105","display_name":"Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/11","display_name":"Agricultural and Biological Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/1","display_name":"Life Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11691","display_name":"Forest Insect Ecology and Management","score":0.06669999659061432,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2303","display_name":"Ecology"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/23","display_name":"Environmental Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distribution","display_name":"Distribution (mathematics)","score":0.6355000138282776},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/biogeography","display_name":"Biogeography","score":0.44679999351501465},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/zoogeography","display_name":"Zoogeography","score":0.3978999853134155},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/species-distribution","display_name":"Species distribution","score":0.3075999915599823},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/environmental-niche-modelling","display_name":"Environmental niche modelling","score":0.30239999294281006}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C110121322","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q865811","display_name":"Distribution (mathematics)","level":2,"score":0.6355000138282776},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C18903297","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7150","display_name":"Ecology","level":1,"score":0.6157000064849854},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C205649164","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1071","display_name":"Geography","level":0,"score":0.4927000105381012},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C123575903","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52106","display_name":"Biogeography","level":2,"score":0.44679999351501465},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C63840655","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q599991","display_name":"Zoogeography","level":3,"score":0.3978999853134155},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C86803240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q420","display_name":"Biology","level":0,"score":0.38839998841285706},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C78458016","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q840400","display_name":"Evolutionary biology","level":1,"score":0.3659000098705292},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C100970517","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52107","display_name":"Physical geography","level":1,"score":0.35359999537467957},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C132124917","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4257161","display_name":"Species distribution","level":3,"score":0.3075999915599823},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C103215972","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5381340","display_name":"Environmental niche modelling","level":4,"score":0.30239999294281006},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2777016058","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7574061","display_name":"Spatial distribution","level":2,"score":0.2994000017642975}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103745","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103745","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S195809937","display_name":"Ecological Informatics","issn_l":"1574-9541","issn":["1574-9541","1878-0512"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Ecological Informatics","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:iris.uniroma1.it:11573/1766921","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://hdl.handle.net/11573/1766921","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4377196107","display_name":"IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":null,"host_organization_name":null,"host_organization_lineage":[],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"info:eu-repo/semantics/article"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"doi:10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103745","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2026.103745","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S195809937","display_name":"Ecological Informatics","issn_l":"1574-9541","issn":["1574-9541","1878-0512"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":true,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320990","host_organization_name":"Elsevier BV","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320990"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Elsevier BV"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"Ecological Informatics","raw_type":"journal-article"},"sustainable_development_goals":[{"display_name":"Climate action","score":0.7521733641624451,"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/13"}],"awards":[],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321781","display_name":"Ministero della Salute","ror":"https://ror.org/00789fa95"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320334322","display_name":"HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme","ror":null}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":65,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1844182505","https://openalex.org/W1969126720","https://openalex.org/W1984434323","https://openalex.org/W1992694857","https://openalex.org/W2006617902","https://openalex.org/W2010027228","https://openalex.org/W2012076682","https://openalex.org/W2027228430","https://openalex.org/W2031119192","https://openalex.org/W2046577517","https://openalex.org/W2052030669","https://openalex.org/W2053014627","https://openalex.org/W2053886687","https://openalex.org/W2058820322","https://openalex.org/W2081334206","https://openalex.org/W2087482145","https://openalex.org/W2088626174","https://openalex.org/W2097601813","https://openalex.org/W2102323078","https://openalex.org/W2110022170","https://openalex.org/W2120160157","https://openalex.org/W2123337039","https://openalex.org/W2127367934","https://openalex.org/W2136777576","https://openalex.org/W2139416101","https://openalex.org/W2141376800","https://openalex.org/W2158196600","https://openalex.org/W2163816695","https://openalex.org/W2324360419","https://openalex.org/W2463201722","https://openalex.org/W2476175194","https://openalex.org/W2512741782","https://openalex.org/W2552708329","https://openalex.org/W2614464134","https://openalex.org/W2626439162","https://openalex.org/W2807232510","https://openalex.org/W2900473858","https://openalex.org/W2907346560","https://openalex.org/W2910713426","https://openalex.org/W2914161513","https://openalex.org/W2933060060","https://openalex.org/W2967256707","https://openalex.org/W2991420186","https://openalex.org/W3006253302","https://openalex.org/W3009376987","https://openalex.org/W3012351193","https://openalex.org/W3023631429","https://openalex.org/W3082173556","https://openalex.org/W3161349658","https://openalex.org/W3186758268","https://openalex.org/W3207905697","https://openalex.org/W4205430932","https://openalex.org/W4280648671","https://openalex.org/W4297830511","https://openalex.org/W4362737001","https://openalex.org/W4386534839","https://openalex.org/W4389743964","https://openalex.org/W4400177571","https://openalex.org/W4401282897","https://openalex.org/W4402489567","https://openalex.org/W4405102829","https://openalex.org/W4408876267","https://openalex.org/W4409250706","https://openalex.org/W4410415623","https://openalex.org/W4410435878"],"related_works":[],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Species":[0],"distribution":[1,200],"models":[2,135,211],"(SDMs)":[3],"are":[4],"widely":[5],"used":[6,84],"to":[7,26,32,89,106,110,114,191],"understand":[8],"species-environment":[9],"relationships":[10],"and":[11,57,79,127,160,178,183,189,212,230,238],"inform":[12],"conservation":[13,56,228],"strategies.":[14],"However,":[15],"when":[16],"based":[17],"solely":[18],"on":[19],"broad-scale":[20],"bioclimatic":[21,65,98],"variables,":[22],"SDMs":[23],"may":[24],"fail":[25],"capture":[27],"local":[28],"environmental":[29],"heterogeneity":[30],"relevant":[31],"habitat":[33],"selection.":[34],"In":[35],"this":[36],"study,":[37],"we":[38],"modelled":[39],"the":[40,46,91,95,101,132,150,198,202,207,234],"distri":[41],"bution":[42],"in":[43,172,181,196,233],"Italy":[44],"of":[45,55,121,125,209,236],"common":[47],"bent-wing":[48],"bat":[49],"(Miniopterus":[50],"schreibersii),":[51],"a":[52,63,69,85,223],"troglophile":[53],"species":[54,92],"public":[58],"health":[59],"relevance.":[60],"We":[61,83],"compared":[62],"traditional":[64],"SDM":[66,71],"(bio-SDM)":[67],"with":[68],"hierarchical":[70],"(h-SDM)":[72],"that":[73],"integrates":[74],"both":[75],"coarse-scale":[76],"climatic":[77,128],"predictors":[78],"fine-resolution":[80],"ecological":[81],"variables.":[82],"maximum":[86],"entropy":[87],"algorithm":[88],"model":[90],"distribution,":[93],"calibrating":[94],"bio-SDM":[96],"using":[97],"predictors,":[99],"while":[100],"h-SDM":[102,145,151],"included":[103],"variables":[104,217],"related":[105],"roosting":[107],"(e.g.":[108,119],"distance":[109,113,190],"karstic":[111,192],"structures,":[112],"urban":[115,182],"settlements),":[116],"foraging":[117],"ecology":[118],"percentage":[120,124],"canopy":[122],"cover,":[123],"agriculture)":[126],"suitability":[129,188],"derived":[130],"from":[131],"bio-SDM.":[133],"Both":[134],"performed":[136],"well":[137],"under":[138],"cross":[139],"validation":[140],"(bio-SDM":[141],"AUC":[142,146],"=":[143,147],"0.80;":[144],"0.79),":[148],"but":[149],"showed":[152],"significantly":[153],"higher":[154],"maxTSS":[155],"values":[156,166],"(0.81":[157],"vs.":[158,168],"0.42)":[159],"lower,":[161],"more":[162,224],"variable":[163],"Boyce":[164],"Index":[165],"(0.26":[167],"0.86),":[169],"indicating":[170],"differences":[171],"calibration":[173],"despite":[174],"similar":[175],"discrimination":[176],"ability,":[177],"reduced":[179],"overpredictions":[180],"intensively":[184],"cultivated":[185],"areas.":[186],"Climatic":[187],"structures":[193],"proved":[194],"essential":[195],"refining":[197],"predicted":[199],"for":[201,227],"species.":[203],"These":[204],"findings":[205],"highlight":[206],"limitations":[208],"climate-only":[210],"demonstrate":[213],"how":[214],"integrating":[215],"local-scale":[216],"can":[218],"enhance":[219],"spatial":[220],"accuracy,":[221],"providing":[222],"informative":[225],"tool":[226],"planning":[229],"epidemiological":[231],"monitoring":[232],"face":[235],"climate":[237],"land-use":[239],"change.":[240]},"counts_by_year":[],"updated_date":"2026-05-04T08:30:34.212998","created_date":"2026-03-28T00:00:00"}