The emergence and promise of functional biogeography
Understanding, modeling, and predicting the impact of global change on ecosystem
functioning across biogeographical gradients can benefit from enhanced capacity to …
functioning across biogeographical gradients can benefit from enhanced capacity to …
Situating ecology as a big-data science: current advances, challenges, and solutions
Ecology has joined a world of big data. Two complementary frameworks define big data:
data that exceed the analytical capacities of individuals or disciplines or the “Four Vs” axes …
data that exceed the analytical capacities of individuals or disciplines or the “Four Vs” axes …
Essential biodiversity variables
Reducing the rate of biodiversity loss and averting dangerous biodiversity change are
international goals, reasserted by the Aichi Targets for 2020 by Parties to the United Nations …
international goals, reasserted by the Aichi Targets for 2020 by Parties to the United Nations …
[HTML][HTML] Visualizing and interacting with large-volume biodiversity data using client–server web-mapping applications: The design and implementation of antmaps. org
The rise of informatics has presented new opportunities for analyzing, visualizing, and
interacting with data across the sciences, and biodiversity science is no exception. Recently …
interacting with data across the sciences, and biodiversity science is no exception. Recently …
The taxonomic name resolution service: an online tool for automated standardization of plant names
B Boyle, N Hopkins, Z Lu, JA Raygoza Garay… - BMC …, 2013 - Springer
Background The digitization of biodiversity data is leading to the widespread application of
taxon names that are superfluous, ambiguous or incorrect, resulting in mismatched records …
taxon names that are superfluous, ambiguous or incorrect, resulting in mismatched records …
Environmental filters reduce the effects of sampling bias and improve predictions of ecological niche models
Ecological niche models represent key tools in biogeography but the effects of biased
sampling hinder their use. Here, we address the utility of two forms of filtering the calibration …
sampling hinder their use. Here, we address the utility of two forms of filtering the calibration …
A trait-based approach to comparative functional plant ecology: concepts, methods and applications for agroecology. A review
Comparative functional ecology seeks to understand why and how ecological systems and
their components operate differently across environments. Although traditionally used in …
their components operate differently across environments. Although traditionally used in …
Google Earth as a virtual globe tool for Earth science applications at the global scale: progress and perspectives
Research on global environmental change requires new data processing and analysis tools
that can integrate heterogeneous geospatial data from real-time in situ measurement …
that can integrate heterogeneous geospatial data from real-time in situ measurement …
Accounting for uncertainty when mapping species distributions: the need for maps of ignorance
Accurate mapping of species distributions is a fundamental goal of modern biogeography,
both for basic and applied purposes. This is commonly done by plotting known species …
both for basic and applied purposes. This is commonly done by plotting known species …
Modelos de distribución de especies: Una revisión sintética
En los últimos años se ha generalizado una nueva herramienta que permite analizar
objetivamente los patrones espaciales de presencia de organismos: los modelos de …
objetivamente los patrones espaciales de presencia de organismos: los modelos de …