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An ecological niche shift for Neanderthal populations in Western Europe 70,000 years ago
Scientific Reports, 2021 Middle Paleolithic Neanderthal populations occupied Eurasia for at least 250,000 years prior to the arrival of anatomically modern humans. While a considerable body of archaeological research has focused on Neanderthal material culture and subsistence ...
William E. Banks +10 more
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Modelling fire occurrence at regional scale. Does vegetation phenology matter? [PDF]
, 2015 Through its influence on biomass production, climate controls fuel availability affecting at the same time fuel moisture and flammability, which are the main determinants for fire ignition and propagation.
Bajocco, Sofia +2 more
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Journal of Biogeography, 2012 AbstractAimWe present a mechanistic niche model that integrates the demography of competing plant species in a metabolic, stochastic framework. In order to explore the model's ability to generate multiple species and community patterns, we assessed trait composition, richness gradients and spatial distributions of species ranges and abundances of ...
Cabral, Juliano Sarmento, Kreft, Holger
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The use of ecological niche modeling to infer potential risk areas of snakebite in the Mexican state of Veracruz. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 Many authors have claimed that snakebite risk is associated with human population density, human activities, and snake behavior. Here we analyzed whether environmental suitability of vipers can be used as an indicator of snakebite risk. We tested several
Carlos Yañez-Arenas +4 more
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How Gaussian competition leads to lumpy or uniform species distributions [PDF]
, 2009 A central model in theoretical ecology considers the competition of a range of species for a broad spectrum of resources. Recent studies have shown that essentially two different outcomes are possible. Either the species surviving competition are more or
A Sasaki +32 more
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Acta Botânica BrasílicaWe experimentally evaluated how different temperatures affect germination of individual seedlings of Dipteryx alata, and estimated the impact of climate change on the species using ecological niche modeling. A total of 240 seeds were randomly distributed
Raquel Menestrino Ribeiro +4 more
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Invasion success of a global avian invader is explained by within-taxon niche structure and association with humans in the native range [PDF]
, 2015 Aim To mitigate the threat invasive species pose to ecosystem functioning, reli- able risk assessment is paramount. Spatially explicit predictions of invasion risk obtained through bioclimatic envelope models calibrated with native species distribution ...
Araújo +59 more
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Using ecological niche modeling to determine avian richness hotspots [PDF]
Global Journal of Environmental Science and Management, 2017 Understanding distributions of wildlife species is a key step towards identifying biodiversity hotspots and designing effective conservation strategies.
R. Mirzaei +4 more
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Non-Native Decapods in South America: Risk Assessment and Potential Impacts
Diversity, 2023 Biological invasions pose significant challenges in the Anthropocene, impacting ecosystem biodiversity and functioning. Ecological Niche Modeling is widely used to evaluate potential areas at risk of invasions, aiding in the prevention of invasive ...
Lucas Rieger de Oliveira +5 more
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Niche Modeling: Ecological Metaphors for Sustainable Software in Science
, 2013 This position paper is aimed at providing some history and provocations for the use of an ecological metaphor to describe software development environments.
Thomer, Andrea +2 more
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