by Matteo Cavallito<\/p>\n
Climate change impacts on the development and spread of plant species. Determining how this happens and what concrete effects will occur, however, remains a complex task. In response to this problem, a group of researchers from the University of C\u00f3rdoba<\/strong> in Spain tested the effectiveness of some large biodiversity<\/strong> databases compiled by citizens. These databases, the authors explain in a news release<\/a>, could calibrate joint species distribution<\/strong> models, provided that more than 50 per cent of the species present in the area have been recorded. The results were published in the journal Ecography<\/em>.<\/p>\n