LIST OF PUBLICATIONS:

Chefaoui, R.M., Lobo, J.M. & Hortal, J. 2010. Assessing the effects of data characteristics and ecological traits on species distribution models of threatened invertebrates (submitted).

Chefaoui, R. & Lobo, J.M. 2008. Assessing the effects of pseudo-absences on predictive distribution model performance. Ecological Modelling 210: 478-486.

Chefaoui, R. & Lobo, J.M. 2007. Assessing the conservation status of an Iberian endangered moth using a “pseudoabsence” model of explanatory variables relevant to its distribution. Journal of Wildlife Management 71: 2507-2516.

Chefaoui, R.M., Hortal, J. & Lobo, J.M. 2005 Potential distribution modelling, niche characterization and conservation status of Iberian Copris species in central Spain.  Biological Conservation 122: 327-338. Awarded a “Most Cited Autor 2005-2008 Award” by Biological Conservation (Elsevier).

Hortal, J., Borges, P.A.V., Dinis, F., Jiménez.Valverde, A., Chefaoui, R., Lobo, J.M., Jarroca, S., Brito de Azevedo, E., Rodrigues, C., Madruga, J., Pinheiro, J., Gabriel, R., Cota Rodrigues, F. & Pereira, A.R. 2005. Using ATLANTIS - Tierra 2.0 and GIS environmental information to predict the spatial distribution and habitat suitability of endemic species. In A list of the terrestrial fauna (Mollusca and Arthropoda) and flora (Bryophyta, Pteridofita and Spermatophyta) from the Azores (ed. by P. A.V. Borges et al.), pp. 69-113. Direcção Regional do Ambiente and Universidade dos Açores, Horta, Angra do Heroismo and Ponta delgada.