Ecological model to predict potential habitats of Oncomelania hupensis, the intermediate host of Schistosoma japonicum in the mountainous regions, China [PDF]
Schistosomiasis japonica is a parasitic disease that remains endemic in seven provinces in the People's Republic of China (P.R. China). One of the most important measures in the process of schistosomiasis elimination in P.R.
Zhou, Xiao-Nong +7 more
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Labeling Ecological Niche Models
The ongoing biodiversity crisis is pushing ecologists and conservation biologists to develop models to foretell the effects of human-induced transformation of natural resources on the distribution of species, although ecology and biogeography still lacks a paradigmatic body of theory to fully understand the drivers of biodiversity patterns. Two decades
Thiago Fernando Rangel +1 more
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Genes, culture and agriculture : an example of human niche construction [PDF]
K. N. Laland was supported by an ERC Advanced Grant (EVOCULTURE).Theory and empirical data from a variety of disciplines strongly imply that recent human history involves extensive gene-culture coevolution, much of it as a direct result of human ...
Laland, Kevin Neville +6 more
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Ecological niche modeling of the genus Papio
AbstractObjectiveEcological niche modeling (ENM) has been used to assess how abiotic variables influence species distributions and diversity. Baboons are broadly distributed throughout Africa, yet the degree of climatic specialization is largely unexplored for individual taxa. Also, the influence of climate on baboon phylogenetic divergence is unknown.
Amanda J. Fuchs +2 more
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The relationship between niche breadth and geographic range size in African Horseshoe bats (Rhinolophidae, Chiroptera) [PDF]
According to Brown's hypothesis, generalists have high niche breadth and can tolerate a wide variety of environmental conditions resulting in large geographic range sizes. Conversely, specialists have low niche breadth and small range sizes.
Aronson, Jonathan
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Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Ecological Informatics: translating ecological data into knowledge and decisions in a rapidly changing world: ICEI 2018 [PDF]
The Conference Proceedings are an impressive display of the current scope of Ecological Informatics. Whilst Data Management, Analysis, Synthesis and Forecasting have been lasting popular themes over the past nine biannual ICEI conferences, ICEI 2018 ...
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An evaluation of transferability of ecological niche models [PDF]
Ecological niche modeling (ENM) is used widely to study species’ geographic distributions. ENM applications frequently involve transferring models calibrated with environmental data from one region to other regions or times that may include novel environmental conditions.
Huijie Qiao +6 more
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Ecological niche modeling of bioindicator mosses
As briófitas podem ser utilizadas como bioindicadoras, no entanto, uma das limitações desse uso são as lacunas no conhecimento sobre a ocorrência das espécies. Assim, o presente estudo teve como objetivo realizar a modelagem de nicho ecológico para Helicodontium capillare (Hedw.) A.Jaeger e Thuidium tomentosum Schimp., duas espécies de musgos ...
Cruz, Anny Bianca Santos +2 more
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Niche Occupation Limits Adaptive Radiation in Experimental Microcosms [PDF]
Adaptive radiations have played a key role in the evolution of biological diversity. The breadth of adaptive radiation in an invading lineage is likely to be influenced by the availability of ecological niches, which will be determined to some extent by ...
Colegrave, Nick +12 more
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The role of edaphic environment and climate in structuring phylogenetic pattern in seasonally dry tropical plant communities [PDF]
This study was made possible through the kind financial support of the São Paulo Research Foundation - http://fapesp.br/en (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo - Fapesp 2013/15280-9).Seasonally dry tropical plant formations (SDTF) are ...
Marcelo Freire Moro +23 more
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