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.