[HTML][HTML] Ecological niche modeling: an introduction for veterinarians and epidemiologists

LE Escobar - Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Most infectious diseases in animals are not distributed randomly. Instead, diseases in
livestock and wildlife are predictable in terms of the geography, time, and species affected …

Assessing digital accessible botanical knowledge and priorities for exploration and discovery of plant diversity across Mesoamerica

S Ramírez‐Barahona, AP Cuervo‐Robayo… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Digital accessible biodiversity knowledge has the potential to greatly advance botanical
research and guide conservation efforts. Evaluating its shortfalls is key to understanding its …

[HTML][HTML] Floristic Composition, Structure, and Aboveground Biomass of the Moraceae Family in an Evergreen Andean Amazon Forest, Ecuador

W García-Cox, R López-Tobar, RJ Herrera-Feijoo… - Forests, 2023 - mdpi.com
The current study determined the floristic composition, structure, and aboveground biomass
(AGB) of the individuals of the Moraceae family. This occurred in order to value them as a …

[HTML][HTML] Geographic potential of the world's largest hornet, Vespa mandarinia Smith (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), worldwide and particularly in North America

C Nuñez-Penichet, L Osorio-Olvera, VH Gonzalez… - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
The Asian giant hornet (AGH, Vespa mandarinia) is the world's largest hornet, occurring
naturally in the Indomalayan region, where it is a voracious predator of pollinating insects …

Leaving the area under the receiving operating characteristic curve behind: An evaluation method for species distribution modelling applications based on presence …

L Jiménez, J Soberón - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The area under the curve (AUC) of the receiving‐operating characteristic (or certain
modifications of it) is almost universally used to assess the performance of species …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change will reduce the potential distribution ranges of Colombia's most valuable pollinators

VH Gonzalez, ME Cobos, J Jaramillo… - Perspectives in Ecology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Plants and pollinators might respond differently to changes in climate, and thus plant-
pollinator relationships are vulnerable to spatial, temporal, morphological and recognition …

[HTML][HTML] Botanical Collection Patterns and Conservation Categories of the Most Traded Timber Species from the Ecuadorian Amazon: The Role of Protected Areas

R López-Tobar, RJ Herrera-Feijoo, RG Mateo… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Ecuadorian Amazon is home to a rich biodiversity of woody plant species. Nonetheless,
their conservation remains difficult, as some areas remain poorly explored and lack …

Well-intentioned initiatives hinder understanding biodiversity conservation: Cloaked iNaturalist information for threatened species

RG Contreras-Díaz, J Nori, X Chiappa-Carrara… - Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
To protect threatened species, iNaturalist, one of the most important repositories of
geographic information on species' geographic distributions, deliberately adds uncertainty to …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental matching reveals non-uniform range-shift patterns in benthic marine Crustacea

MVP Simões, H Saeedi, ME Cobos, A Brandt - Climatic Change, 2021 - Springer
Empirical and theoretical studies suggest that marine species respond to ocean warming by
shifting ranges poleward and/or into deeper depths. However, future distributional patterns …

[HTML][HTML] Recognizing sources of uncertainty in disease vector ecological niche models: An example with the tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato

A Alkishe, ME Cobos, AT Peterson, AM Samy - Perspectives in Ecology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Epidemiology is one of many fields that use ecological niche modeling to assess potential
distributions or potential range expansions of species. When such models are transferred in …