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Ecology
Savvas Zotos, Marilena Stamatiou, Ioannis N. Vogiatzakis
Summary: Improving knowledge on species distribution is crucial for species conservation and management. This study uses species distribution models to predict the distribution of the Cyprus grass snake, an elusive species. The results significantly improve previous estimations and provide new perspectives on the species ecology and conservation.
ECOLOGICAL INFORMATICS
(2022)
Article
Ecology
Anderson A. Eduardo, Alexandre Liparini, Pablo A. Martinez, Sidney F. Gouveia, Pablo Riul
Summary: Species distribution models (SDMs) rely on assumptions of equilibrium distribution with the environment and conserved climatic niche over geological time. Multitemporal calibration improves the temporal transferability of SDMs, allowing for integration of fossil and recent occurrence data.
ECOLOGICAL INFORMATICS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Rhett M. Rautsaw, Gustavo Jimenez-Velazquez, Erich P. Hofmann, Laura R. V. Alencar, Christoph I. Grunwald, Marcio Martins, Paola Carrasco, Tiffany M. Doan, Christopher L. Parkinson
Summary: In addition to being important for biologists, species distributions also have practical uses for naturalists, curious citizens, and fields like conservation planning and medical intervention. Venomous snakes, with their global distribution and medical significance, particularly highlight the importance of accurate information. To address the need for updated fine-scale distributions, researchers have created VenomMaps, a database and web application that provides updated distribution maps and species distribution models for all New World pitvipers.
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Biodiversity Conservation
Bi Wei Low, Yiwen Zeng, Heok Hui Tan, Darren C. J. Yeo
Summary: The study demonstrates that using simpler predictor datasets can produce more accurate models than comprehensive bioclimatic datasets when detailed biological knowledge of focal species is lacking. Additionally, tuning models for optimal regularization parameters and feature-class combinations leads to the greatest increases in transferability and geographic niche conservatism. The findings suggest a delicate balance between model transferability and AICc, cautioning against the indiscriminate use of AICc as an estimate of model parsimony for stable model performance.
DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Katarina Pastircakova, Katarina Adamcikova, Kamila Bacigalova, Miroslav Cabon, Petra Mikusova, Dusan Senko, Marek Svitok, Slavomir Adamcik
Summary: Two different Phyllactinia species are associated with powdery mildew on ash trees in Eurasia, but they have different distributions in Europe and Southeast Asia. The Asian species P. fraxinicola is not adapted to most of the environmental conditions in Europe, suggesting it does not pose an invasive threat to the continent as a whole. Models of potential distribution show no overlap in Europe, with some susceptibility to invasion by P. fraxinicola in the northwest.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Trevor T. Bringloe, David P. Wilkinson, Jesica Goldsmit, Amanda M. Savoie, Karen Filbee-Dexter, Kathleen A. Macgregor, Kimberly L. Howland, Christopher W. McKindsey, Heroen Verbruggen
Summary: The Arctic is experiencing rapid warming, and marine forests formed by seaweeds are predicted to expand northward. However, the expansion of northern habitat cannot compensate for the losses at the southern range edge, resulting in an overall loss of habitat. The extent of marine forests within the Arctic basin is expected to remain stable, with some exceptions in certain areas.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Agriculture, Multidisciplinary
Sunhee Yoon, Wang-Hee Lee
Summary: The study found that correlation-based screening and principal component analysis-based variable reconstruction generally returned better prediction accuracy for MaxEnt models, but the optimal method varied for each species, suggesting that variable selection depends on the target species and its distribution pattern.
COMPUTERS AND ELECTRONICS IN AGRICULTURE
(2021)
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Radoslaw Puchalka, Marcin K. Dyderski, Michaela Vitkova, Jiri Sadlo, Marcin Klisz, Maksym Netsvetov, Yulia Prokopuk, Roberts Matisons, Marcin Mionskowski, Tomasz Wojda, Marcin Koprowski, Andrzej M. Jagodzinski
Summary: Robinia pseudoacacia, a fast-growing tree of high economic and cultural importance, is one of the most common non-native species in Europe. The study shows that changes in climate conditions by 2050 and 2070 will likely shift the potential distribution of R. pseudoacacia towards Central and Northeastern Europe, where this species is currently rare or absent. It emphasizes the need for policies aimed at climate change mitigation in Europe and the importance of using more complete distribution data for analyzing potential niche models.
GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Ecology
Jaein Choi, Sangdon Lee
Summary: This study compared the physical and bioclimatic models of wetland plants to investigate their distribution patterns, and found that the bioclimatic models were more accurate. This has important implications for wetland protection legislation and understanding plant movements.
ECOLOGICAL ENGINEERING
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Markus Sallmannshofer, Debojyoti Chakraborty, Harald Vacik, Gabor Illes, Markus Loew, Andreas Rechenmacher, Katharina Lapin, Sophie Ette, Dejan Stojanovic, Andrej Kobler, Silvio Schueler
Summary: The study compared global and regional models of native riparian tree species in central to south-eastern Europe, highlighting the importance of soil predictors over bioclimatic variables. The results showed most species are predicted to decrease in future occurrence probability, potentially leading to significant loss for economically and ecologically important tree species.
Article
Ecology
Ivica Ljubicic, Filip Varga, Sandro Bogdanovic, Lucija Sklepic, Mihaela Britvec, Martina Temunovic
Summary: In Croatia, three Satureja species groups (tSsg) have high medicinal and melliferous potential, and their habitat suitability and environmental preferences were assessed. The potential distribution and habitat suitability overlap of S. x karstiana, a putative hybrid taxon, were investigated. The results showed that S. montana has the widest potential distribution and highest cultivation potential for medicinal and melliferous purposes in the eastern Adriatic region.
ECOLOGICAL INFORMATICS
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Jiejie Sun, Lei Feng, Tongli Wang, Xiangni Tian, Xiao He, Hui Xia, Weifeng Wang
Summary: The study found that different influential factors such as temperature range, isothermality, and human footprint affect the distribution of Carpinus species. Additionally, the three species showed different adaptability and habitat change trends under future climate change scenarios, with potential habitats expanding for one species while decreasing for the other two. The predicted changes of these endangered species could provide valuable insights for conservation strategies.
Article
Ecology
Wyatt Joseph Petersen, Tommaso Savini
Summary: Climate-only species distribution models may overestimate species' vulnerability to future climate change when occurrence data comes from a subset of the species' historical range. This study focused on the leopard cat and found that current occurrence data led to an overestimation of the species' vulnerability to future climate change. Hybrid models and historical datasets provided more accurate predictions.
ECOLOGICAL INFORMATICS
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Daniel Zachariah Atwater, Jacob N. Barney
Summary: This study found that climatic niche shifts can impact the transferability of native- and introduced-range species distribution models, especially for species with large niche shifts. Considering niche shifts is crucial when modeling the potential geographic distributions of introduced species, as native-range data are often used to predict introduced-range distributions.
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND BIOGEOGRAPHY
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Fatima M. Mendez-Encina, Jorge Mendez-Gonzalez, Rocio Mendieta-Oviedo, Jose O. M. Lopez-Diaz, Juan A. Najera-Luna
Summary: This study generated ecological niche models and evaluated the climate suitability overlap between bark beetles and pine trees, finding that Dendroctonus mexicanus is expanding into climates not currently occupied by the studied pine species.
Article
Biodiversity Conservation
Juan F. Maciel-Najera, Javier Hernandez-Velasco, M. Socorro Gonzalez-Elizondo, Jose Ciro Hernandez-Diaz, Carlos A. Lopez-Sanchez, Pablo Antunez, Claudia Edith Bailon-Soto, Christian Wehenkel
GLOBAL ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION
(2020)
Article
Plant Sciences
Pablo Antunez
Summary: The study examined how temperature, soil pH, precipitation, and physiography affect the occurrence of an endangered species, Taxus globosa. It found that variables like mean temperature in the warmest month and summer dryness index significantly influence the distribution of the species. These findings provide a scientific basis for conservation and management efforts to protect the species.
NORDIC JOURNAL OF BOTANY
(2021)
Article
Forestry
Pablo Antunez, Christian Wehenkel, Collins Byobona Kukunda, Jose Ciro Hernandez-Diaz
Summary: Understanding the specific microhabitat requirements of threatened species and how environmental parameters affect them is crucial. This study examined the response patterns of four threatened plant species to temperature, precipitation, and physiographic variables, and analyzed the contributions of these variables to their distributions. The findings revealed differences in temperature and precipitation ranges among species and non-linear responses to environmental variations. These results contribute to defining the environmental spaces of these species and have implications for their adaptation and survival.
JOURNAL OF SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Pablo Antunez
Summary: This study investigated the impact of climatic and physiographic variables on endemic, rare, and endangered species in major ecoregions in Mexico using large data sets and multiple statistical analyses. Results showed that different climate variables influenced plant populations in different climatic regions, which could support more precise management and conservation plans for plant species diversity under different global warming scenarios.
JOURNAL OF FORESTRY RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Pablo Antunez, Pablito Marcelo Lopez Serrano, Gabriel Gonzalez Adame, Ernesto Alonso Rubio Camacho, Maria Magdalena Mendoza Diaz
Summary: This study examined the distribution patterns of four tree fern species in relation to elevation, slope, and geographic exposure in La Chinantla, Mexico. The results showed significant differences in the proportions of each species as a function of each topographic variable, with slope having the greatest influence. The distribution of the species studied displayed a highly random pattern due to the heterogeneous topography.
ACTA BOTANICA MEXICANA
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Erickson Basave-Villalobos, Victor Manuel Cetina-Alcala, Miguel Angel Lopez-Lopez, Carlos Trejo, Carlos Ramirez-Herrera, Pablo Antunez, Victor Conde-Martinez
Summary: Nursery practices are crucial for the production of high-quality seedlings and the survival rates of reforestation plantations in the dry tropics. This study highlights the importance of light management in nurseries, as it affects the morphology, photosynthesis efficiency, and growth of Pithecellobium dulce plants. The study also found that seedling survival in the field is influenced by the light conditions in the nursery, with greater light intensity leading to better survival rates.
BOIS ET FORETS DES TROPIQUES
(2022)
Article
Plant Sciences
Mario Ernesto Suarez-Mota, Jose Manuel Hernandez Ramirez, Lizbeth Luna Bautista, Maria Magdalena Mendoza Diaz, Wenceslao Santiago-Garcia, Faustino Ruiz-Aquino
Summary: This study used potential distribution models to examine the distribution of 17 riparian tree species. The results showed that slope, aspect, and elevation were the main variables influencing the potential distribution of the species. Haematoxylum campechianum stood out as the species with the greatest environmental difference compared to others.
BOTANICAL SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Forestry
Wenceslao Santiago-Garcia, Lourdes Bautista-Perez, Gerardo Rodriguez-Ortiz, Geronimo Quinonez-Barraza, Faustino Ruiz-Aquino, Mario Ernesto Suarez-Mota, Elias Santiago-Garcia, Tania Leyva-Pablo, Melquiades Cortes-Perez, Manuel de Jesus Gonzalez-Guillen
Summary: This study compared three forest management plans implemented in the community of Ixtlan de Juarez in Mexico and evaluated their contributions to forest productivity and conservation. The results showed that with increased management intensity, the productivity and regeneration of the forest improved without affecting forest richness and diversity.
Article
Forestry
Faustino Ruiz-Aquino, Rossy Feria-Reyes, Jose Guadalupe Rutiaga-Quinones, Luis Humberto Robledo-Taboada, Rosalio Gabriel-Parra
Summary: The objective of this work was to extract and quantify tannins from the bark of four tree species. The extraction process used 90% ethanol as solvent at a temperature of 70 degrees C for 2 hours. The total extract percentages were determined, and the condensed tannins were characterized using FTIR and HPLC. The results showed that Quercus crasifolia and Arbutus xalapensis were potential sources of tannins.
FOREST SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Ecology
Pablo Antunez
Summary: This study investigated the spatial variations of temperature and precipitation variables with higher sensitivity to changes in elevation above sea level, considering the effects of latitude and solar radiation. The results showed that the rate of change of these variables varied at different latitudinal and altitudinal gradients.
ECOLOGICAL INFORMATICS
(2023)
Article
Forestry
P. Antunez, C. Wehenkel, J. C. Hernandez-Diaz, M. Garza-Lopez
Summary: This study examines the robustness of quantile regression (QR) in modeling data with high presence of extreme values, comparing it with least squares regression models. The results show that QR significantly reduces errors and leverage effect, and accurately identifies the impact of regressors on specific quantiles of the distribution. The novel aspect of this approach is its ability to reveal detailed behavioral patterns of the response variable, especially for points far from the mean and median.
JOURNAL OF TROPICAL FOREST SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Forestry
Pablo Antunez, Ivan Hernandez-Cruz, Fatima Ibrahim-Abdulsalam, Ricardo Clark-Tapia, Faustino Ruiz-Aquino, Cesar Valenzuela-Encinas
Summary: One hypothesis in forest ecology suggests that competition among individual plants is asymmetric or unidirectional. Assessing the impact of their closest competitors is crucial for understanding the spatial distribution and interactions of endangered species. Through analysis, it was found that increasing the distance from neighbors resulted in an average diameter gain of 1.13 cm for each meter. The height results were more sensitive to neighbor distance changes. Intraspecific competition was found to be more significant than interspecific competition. Selective thinning during early growth stages was recommended for this species.
Article
Forestry
Rossy Feria-Reyes, Sergio Obed Ramirez-Cruz, Faustino Ruiz-Aquino, Luis Humberto Robledo-Taboada, Marco Antonio Sanchez-Medina, Oscar Francisco Mijangos-Ricardez, Rosalio Gabriel-Parra, Mario Ernesto Suarez-Mota, Ramiro Puc-Kauil, Jhazeel Porcallo-Vargas
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the tannin content in the bark of five pine species from a forest harvesting area in Mexico. The bark samples were extracted using ethanol or water and the tannins were quantified. Analysis techniques like FTIR, SEM, and EDX were used to identify the chemical composition and elemental analysis of the tannin extracts. The results showed that two species, Pinus patula and Pinus ayacahuite, had a higher concentration of condensed tannins in the bark.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Fatima Ibrahim Abdulsalam, Pablo Antunez, Warit Jawjit
Summary: This study uses a Bayesian model and the CARBayesST package of R software to model the spatio-temporal epidemiology of dengue fever in the southern region of Thailand from 2002 to 2018. The results show that increasing temperature, rainy days, and sea level pressure are associated with higher occurrence and incidence risk of dengue, while increasing wind speed suggests a protective factor. The study also identifies high-risk districts for future prevention and control efforts.
Article
Forestry
Arcelio Martinez-Dominguez, Faustino Ruiz-Aquino, Wenceslao Santiago-Garcia, Pablo Antunez, Miguel Angel Lopez-Lopez, Cesar Valenzuela-Encinas, Rossy Feria-Reyes
FOREST SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2020)
