The maps can also be used to study things like ecotones, the boundary between two habitat types, species dispersal and the migration patterns, and even determine when a species was found in a new area.

这些地图还可以用来研究过渡带，两种栖息地类型之间的边界，物种扩散和迁移模式，甚至可以确定一个物种何时在一个新的地区被发现。