Thomas J. Stohlgren Catherine S. Jarnevich Tracy R. Holcombe 2010 <p><span>We used near-term climate scenarios for the continental United States, to model 12 invasive plants species. We created three potential habitat suitability models for each species using maximum entropy modeling: (1) current; (2) 2020; and (3) 2035. Area under the curve values for the models ranged from 0.92 to 0.70, with 10 of the 12 being above 0.83 suggesting strong and predictable species-environment matching. Change in area between the current potential habitat and 2035 ranged from a potential habitat loss of about 217,000 km</span>^{<span>2</span>}<span>, to a potential habitat gain of about 133,000 km</span>^{<span>2</span>}<span>.</span></p> application/pdf 10.3390/d2050738 en From points to forecasts: Predicting invasive species habitat suitability in the near term article