That said, however, ENMs based solely on land cover variables will not identify areas that were suitable in previous times (i.e., before land use change). Consequently, remote sensing imagery can be used in a post-processing step to create more detailed and up-to-date maps of
species' present-day potential distributions. Combining climatewith remote sensing data will improve ability to generate ENMs that describe historical ranges in the form of potential distribution maps (i.e., ENMs based on climate) and present-day suitable areas (i.e., ENM based on climate + nighttime light data). While ENM is growing in importance
in ecology and conservation