Diversity, 2022 Megaloprepus caerulatus is a Neotropical species with a highly specialised niche, found from Mexico to Bolivia, primarily in mature tropical forests lower than 1500 masl. It is also the damselfly with the largest wingspan in the world.
Alondra Encarnación-Luévano +2 more
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Ecological niche modelling and nDNA sequencing support a new, morphologically cryptic beetle species unveiled by DNA barcoding. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 DNA sequencing techniques used to estimate biodiversity, such as DNA barcoding, may reveal cryptic species. However, disagreements between barcoding and morphological data have already led to controversy.
Oliver Hawlitschek +3 more
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Ecological niches in the polyploid complex Linum suffruticosum s.l.
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2023 IntroductionThe high frequency of polyploidy in the evolutionary history of many plant groups occurring in the Mediterranean region is likely a consequence of its dynamic paleogeographic and climatic history.
Ana Afonso +6 more
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Common mistakes in ecological niche models [PDF]
International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 2020 Ecological niche models (ENMs) are widely used statistical methods to estimate various types of species niches.
Neftalí Sillero, A. Márcia Barbosa
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New records of Pygmy Round-eared Bat, Lophostoma brasiliense Peters, 1867 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae), and updated distribution in Colombia [PDF]
Check List, 2020 Lophostoma brasiliense Peters, 1867 has a wide distribution in the Neotropical region, with records extending from southern Mexico to central Paraguay and Brazil.
Diego A. Esquivel +3 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 +2 more
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“Does a Respiratory Virus Have an Ecological Niche, and If So, Can It Be Mapped?” Yes and Yes
Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023 Although the utility of Ecological Niche Models (ENM) and Species Distribution Models (SDM) has been demonstrated in many ecological applications, their suitability for modelling epidemics or pandemics, such as SARS-Cov-2, has been questioned.
Christopher R. Stephens +2 more
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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 +3 more
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Predicting the current and future potential distributions of lymphatic filariasis in Africa using maximum entropy ecological niche modelling. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Modelling the spatial distributions of human parasite species is crucial to understanding the environmental determinants of infection as well as for guiding the planning of control programmes.
Hannah Slater, Edwin Michael
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Nature Communications, 2020 Ecological niche breadth may help explain spatial distribution patterns in animals. In this study on European bats, Alberdi et al. combine DNA metabarcoding and species distribution modelling to show that dietary niche breadth is related to hunting ...
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