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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Range expansion of Ambrosia artemisiifolia in Europe is promoted by climate change [PDF]
, 2013 Ambrosia artemisiifolia L., native to North America, is a problematic invasive species, because of its highly allergenic pollen. The species is expected to expand its range due to climate change.
Cunze, Sarah +2 more
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Evaluation of climate conditions and ecological traits that limit the distribution expansion of alien Lolium rigidum in Japan [PDF]
NeoBiotaInvasive alien plants cause severe global problems; therefore, determining the factors that lead to the success or failure of invasion is a critical question in the field of invasion ecology.
Kentaro Uehira, Yoshiko Shimono
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PREDICTING INVASION RISK USING MEASURES OF INTRODUCTION EFFORT AND ENVIRONMENTAL NICHE MODELS
Ecological Applications, 2007 The Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis) is native to east Asia, is established throughout Europe, and is introduced but geographically restricted in North America. We developed and compared two separate environmental niche models using genetic algorithm for rule set prediction (GARP) and mitten crab occurrences in Asia and Europe to predict the ...
Herborg, L-M +4 more
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a variational approach to niche construction [PDF]
, 2018 In evolutionary biology, niche construction is sometimes described as a genuine evolutionary process whereby organisms, through their activities and regulatory mechanisms, modify their environment such as to steer their own evolutionary trajectory, and ...
Campbell, John +4 more
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Using environmental niche models to test the ‘everything is everywhere’ hypothesis for Badhamia [PDF]
The ISME Journal, 2013 Abstract It is often discussed whether the biogeography of free-living protists is better explained by the ‘everything is everywhere’(EiE) hypothesis, which postulates that only ecology drives their distribution, or by the alternative hypothesis of ‘moderate endemicity’ in which geographic barriers can limit their dispersal.
María, Aguilar +3 more
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Animals, 2013 Species misidentification often occurs when dealing with co-existing and morphologically similar species such as macaques, making the study of their ecology challenging.
Camille N. Z. Coudrat +1 more
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Direct and indirect effects of environmental factors on dietary niches in size-structured populations of a wild salmonid [PDF]
, 2015 Dietary plasticity of populations can be associated to ontogenetic diet preferences and depends on the size-structure of populations. Dietary niche characterizes the functional role of organisms in a food web, as it reflects both resources' diversity ...
Boulêtreau, Stéphanie +6 more
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Improving ecological niche models by data mining large environmental datasets for surrogate models [PDF]
Ecological Modelling, 2006 16 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Ecological ...
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Effects of species traits and environmental predictors on performance and transferability of ecological niche models [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2019 AbstractThe ability of ecological niche models (ENMs) to produce robust predictions for different time frames (i.e. temporal transferability) may be hindered by a lack of ecologically relevant predictors. Model performance may also be affected by species traits, which may reflect different responses to processes controlling species distribution.
Adrián Regos +4 more
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