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Advances and Limitations of Disease Biogeography Using Ecological Niche Modeling

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2016
Mapping disease transmission risk is crucial in public and animal health for evidence based decision-making. Ecology and epidemiology are highly related disciplines that may contribute to improvements in mapping disease, which can be used to answer ...
Luis E Escobar, Luis E Escobar, Meggan E Craft   +2 more
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INTEGRATING COALESCENT AND ECOLOGICAL NICHE MODELING IN COMPARATIVE PHYLOGEOGRAPHY [PDF]

Evolution, 2007
Understanding the factors that contribute to the formation of population genetic structure is a central goal of phylogeographic research, but achieving this goal can be complicated by the stochastic variance inherent to genetic processes. Statistical approaches to testing phylogeographic hypotheses accommodate this stochasticity by evaluating competing
Carstens, Bryan C., Richards, Corinne L.
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Molecular evidence and ecological niche modeling reveal an extensive hybrid zone among three Bursera species (section Bullockia)

PLoS ONE, 2021
The genus Bursera, includes ~100 shrub and trees species in tropical dry forests with its center of diversification and endemism in Mexico. Morphologically intermediate individuals have commonly been observed in Mexican Bursera in areas where closely ...
Eduardo Quintero Melecio, Yessica Rico, Andrés Lira Noriega, Antonio González Rodríguez   +3 more
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Evaluating the ecological realism of plant species distribution models with ecological indicator values [PDF]

, 2020
Species distribution models (SDMs) are routinely applied to assess current as well as future species distributions, for example to assess impacts of future environmental change on biodiversity or to underpin conservation planning.
Ellenberg H., Ellenberg H., Fagerli H., Fourcade Y., Frank D., Hazeu G. W., Hennekens S. M., Hill M. O., Janssen J. A. M., Landolt E., Pignatti S., Schaminée J. H. J., Schaminée J. H. J., Schaminée J. H. J., Schaminée J. H. J., Settele J., Thuiller W.   +16 more
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Divergence in the ecological niches of the white wagtail (Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758) complex using the ecological niche modeling approach [PDF]

Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 2017
The mtDNA data presently being used for estimating biodiversity is not sufficient for evaluating the Motacilla alba complex species status. Because there is a lack of congruence between morphological and mtDNA data, there are debates about the best ...
Maliheh Pirayesh shirazi nejad, Mansour Aliabadian, Omid Mirshamsi   +2 more
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Niche Divergence at Intraspecific Level in the Hyrcanian Wood Frog, Rana pseudodalmatina: A Phylogenetic, Climatic, and Environmental Survey

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
The role of ecological niche divergence in lineage speciation has recently stimulated the interest of evolutionary biologists and ecologists. Phylogenetic analysis has revealed that the Hyrcanian wood frog, Rana pseudodalmatina, has diverged into two ...
Somaye Vaissi, Sahar Rezaei
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Modelling the ecological niche from functional traits [PDF]

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2010
The niche concept is central to ecology but is often depicted descriptively through observing associations between organisms and habitats. Here, we argue for the importance of mechanistically modelling niches based on functional traits of organisms and explore the possibilities for achieving this through the integration of three theoretical frameworks:
Michael, Kearney, Stephen J, Simpson, David, Raubenheimer, Brian, Helmuth   +3 more
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Eco-Cultural Niche Breadth and Overlap Within the Cucuteni–Trypillia Culture Groups During the Eneolithic

Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022
One of the most applied tools for documenting cultural variability and for tracing cultural trajectories within the environmental context is eco-cultural niche modeling and its associated methodology.
Alin Mihu-Pintilie, Iulian Gherghel, Iulian Gherghel   +2 more
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Predicting Avian Influenza Co-Infection with H5N1 and H9N2 in Northern Egypt. [PDF]

, 2016
Human outbreaks with avian influenza have been, so far, constrained by poor viral adaptation to non-avian hosts. This could be overcome via co-infection, whereby two strains share genetic material, allowing new hybrid strains to emerge. Identifying areas
Ali, Mohamed A, Carrel, Margaret, Kayali, Ghazi, Malanson, George P, Young, Sean G, Young, Sean G   +5 more
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Novel Methods in Disease Biogeography: A Case Study with Heterosporosis

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2017
Disease biogeography is currently a promising field to complement epidemiology, and ecological niche modeling theory and methods are a key component. Therefore, applying the concepts and tools from ecological niche modeling to disease biogeography and ...
Luis E. Escobar, Luis E. Escobar, Luis E. Escobar, Huijie Qiao, Christine Lee, Nicholas B. D. Phelps, Nicholas B. D. Phelps   +6 more
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