Potential pitfalls in rescaling digital terrain model-derived attributes for ecological studies

Terrain attributes (e.g., slope, rugosity) derived in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) from digital terrain models (DTMs) are widely used in both terrestrial and marine ecological studies due to their potential to act as surrogates of species distribution. However, the spatial resolution of DTMs is often altered to match the scale at which species observations were collected. Here, we highlight the significance of adequately reporting the...