The importance of biotic interactions in distribution models depends on
the type of ecological relations, spatial scale and range.
Short running title: Factors influencing the importance
of biotic interactions in distribution models.
Merijn Moens1,2, Jacobus C.
Biesmeijer1,2, Elaine Huang3,
Nicolas J. Vereecken4, Leon
Marshall1,4
Merijn Moens (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7503-6572)
(merijn.moens@naturalis.nl), Jacobus C. Biesmeijer
(https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0328-0573)
(koos.biesmeijer@naturalis.nl), Elaine Huang (elaine.huang@wur.nl),
Nicolas J. Vereecken (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8858-4623)
(nicolas.vereecken@ulb.be), Leon Marshall
(https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7819-7005 ) (Leon.Marshall@ulb.be)
1. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, PO Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The
Netherlands 2. Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden
University, Einsteinweg 2, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands 3. – 4.
Agroecology Lab, Interfaculty School of Bioengineering, Université libre
de Bruxelles (ULB), Boulevard du Triomphe CP 264/2, B-1050 Brussels,
Belgium
Authorship: MM, EH, KB and LM designed and performed the
study. MM performed the Species Distribution Models. MM and EH performed
the Generalized Linear Models. MM, EH, KB and LM analyzed the output of
the models. MM wrote the first version of the manuscript and all authors
contributed substantially to revisions.
Data accessibility: The data that supports the results
will be shared in a Dryad public repository. The DOI will be included in
the article.
Targeted article type: letter
Number of words: 294 words in abstract and 4705 words in
main text – 6 figures in main text. – 86 references.
Keywords: species distributions, ecological niche
models, biotic interactions, spatial resolution, plant-pollinator
interactions, specialists, generalists, parasites, null models,
evaluation measures.
Telephone number corresponding author: +31 6 15887829