Title: “Three-dimensional
species distribution modeling reveals the realized spatial niche for
coral recruitment on contemporary Caribbean reefs”
Running title: 3D-SDM reveals niches for coral recruitment
Authors: Ángela Martínez-Quintana(1), Howard R.
Lasker(1,2) and Adam M. Wilson(3)
(1) Department of Environment and Sustainability. University at Buffalo.
email: am298@buffalo.edu
(2) Department of Geology. University at Buffalo. email:
hlasker@buffalo.edu
(3) Department of Geography. University at Buffalo. email:
adamw@buffalo.edu
Keywords: Structural complexity, three-dimensional habitat
structure, Structure-from-Motion, 3D niche, polygon mesh, octocoral,
scleractinian, spatially explicit distribution patterns, niche
partitioning, seascape ecology.