Many applications of volunteered geographic information (VGI) involve inferring the
properties of the underlying population from a sample consisting of VGI observations, ie VGI …

MAXENT is now a common species distribution modeling (SDM) tool used by conservation
practitioners for predicting the distribution of a species from a set of records and …

Species data held in museum and herbaria, survey data and opportunistically observed data
are a substantial information resource. A key challenge in using these data is the uncertainty …

The relative operating characteristic (ROC) is a popular statistical method to measure the
association between observed and diagnosed presence of a characteristic. The diagnosis of …

In many countries, bats have high conservation prioritisation owing to their trophic position,
habitat associations and threat level, and many have dedicated management plans …

After an 11-year period of exceptional specimen acquisition, we evaluated the robustness of
the Western Australian Herbarium Specimen Database in elucidating patterns of diversity …

Species distribution models (SDMs) are powerful tools in ecology and conservation.
Choosing the right environmental drivers and filtering species' occurrences taking their …

Citizen science, whereby ordinary citizens participate in scientific endeavors, is widely used
for biodiversity monitoring, most commonly by relying on unstructured monitoring …

Obtaining unbiased survey data for vocal bird species is inherently challenging due to
observer biases, habitat coverage biases, and logistical constraints. We propose that …

Megafaunas worldwide have been decimated during the late Quaternary. Many extirpated
species were keystone species, and their loss likely has had large effects on ecosystems …