Can Ecological Interactions be Inferred from Spatial Data? [PDF]
, 2020 The characterisation and quantication of ecological interactions, and the construction of species distributions and their associated ecological niches, is of fundamental theoretical and practical importance.
Gonzalez-Salazar, Constantino +3 more
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, 2017 Ecological niche modeling (and the related species distribution modeling) has been used as a tool with which to assess potential impacts of climate change processes on geographic distributions of species.
U. Ashraf +7 more
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Niche differences, not fitness differences, explain predicted coexistence across ecological groups
Journal of Ecology, 2022 Understanding the drivers of species coexistence is essential in ecology. Niche and fitness differences (i.e. how species limit themselves compared to others and species' differences in competitive ability, respectively) permit studying the consequences ...
L. Buche +3 more
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Scientific Reports, 2017 Understanding biological invasions is crucial for their control and prevention. Specially, establishing whether invasive species operate within the constraint of conservative ecological niches, or if niche shifts occur at all commonly as part of the ...
Huijie Qiao +2 more
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Improving Models of Species Ecological Niches: A Remote Sensing Overview
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019 Effective conservation capable of mitigating global biodiversity declines require thorough knowledge on species distributions and their drivers. A species ecological niche determines its geographic distribution, and species distribution models (SDMs) can
Pedro J. Leitão +2 more
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Distribution Pattern and Climate Preferences of the Representatives of the Cosmopolitan Genus Sirthenea Spinola, 1840 (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Peiratinae). [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The main goal of this study was to predict, through the use of GIS tool as ecological niche modelling, potentially suitable ecological niche and defining the conditions of such niche for the representatives of the cosmopolitan genus Sirthenea.
Dominik Chłond +1 more
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Species-specific ecological niche modelling predicts different range contractions for Lutzomyia intermedia and a related vector of Leishmania braziliensis following climate change in South America [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: Before 1996 the phlebotomine sand fly Lutzomyia neivai was usually treated as a synonym of the morphologically similar Lutzomyia intermedia, which has long been considered a vector of Leishmania braziliensis, the causative agent of much ...
Bruno M. Carvalho +3 more
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Area, climate heterogeneity, and the response of climate niches to ecological opportunity in island radiations of Anolis lizards [PDF]
, 2016 Aim Rates of climate niche evolution underlie numerous fundamental ecological processes and patterns. However, while climate niche conservatism varies markedly among regions and clades, the source of this variation remains poorly understood. We tested
Losos J.B. +5 more
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Geospatial Health, 2014 With respect to the epidemiology of leishmaniasis, it is crucial to take into account the ecoclimatic and environmental characteristics that influence the distribution patterns of the vector sand fly species. It is also important to consider the possible
M. Signorini +6 more
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Ecological niche modelling and predicted geographic distribution of Lutzomyia cruzi, vector of Leishmania infantum in South America. [PDF]
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 2018 In some transmission foci of Leishmania infantum in Brazil, Lutzomyia cruzi could be considered the main vector of this pathogen. In addition, L. cruzi is a permissive vector of L. amazonensis.
Everton Falcão de Oliveira +4 more
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