Applying species distribution models in public health research by predicting snakebite risk using venomous snakes' habitat suitability as an indicating factor

M Yousefi, A Kafash, A Khani, N Nabati - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Snakebite envenoming is an important public health problem in Iran, despite its risk not
being quantified. This study aims to use venomous snakes' habitat suitability as an indicator …

Identifying global priorities for the conservation of vipers

B Maritz, J Penner, M Martins, J Crnobrnja-Isailović… - Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Vipers are among the most misunderstood and persecuted animals. They occupy most
terrestrial ecosystems around the world, often at high population densities. However, certain …

Understanding hotspots within a global hotspot–identifying the drivers of regional species richness patterns in terrestrial subterranean habitats

P Bregović, M Zagmajster - Insect Conservation and Diversity, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We tested three hypotheses (productive energy, habitat heterogeneity, historical climate
stability) to explain regional species richness patterns in subterranean habitats, which have …

Ecological and evolutionary components of body size: geographic variation of venomous snakes at the global scale

LC Terribile, MÁ OLALLA-TÁRRAGA… - Biological Journal of …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Biogeographical patterns of animal body size and the environmental and evolutionary
mechanisms that may be driving them have been broadly investigated in macroecology …

Richness patterns, species distributions and the principle of extreme deconstruction

LC Terribile, JAF Diniz‐Filho… - Global Ecology and …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To analyse the global patterns in species richness of Viperidae snakes through the
deconstruction of richness into sets of species according to their distribution models, range …

The legacy of past human land use in current patterns of mammal distribution

E Polaina, M González‐Suárez, E Revilla - Ecography, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Multiple environmental factors are known to shape species distributions at the global scale,
including climate and topography, but understanding current extents of occurrence and …

[HTML][HTML] Case report: Recent case reports of levant blunt-nosed viper Macrovipera lebetina obtusa snakebites in Iran

SM Kazemi, A Al-Sabi, C Long… - The American journal …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Envenomation and death resulting from snakebites represent a significant public health
problem worldwide, particularly in tropical and subtropical regions. The WHO has defined …

Linnean shortfall and space‐time patterns in species description of New World coralsnakes (Serpentes: Elapidae)

LEF Frateles, NJ da Silva Jr, LC Terribile… - Zoologica …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The magnitude of life on Earth and human limitations hinder the understanding of even the
most basic aspects of biodiversity, such as the identity of species inhabiting the Earth, the so …

[PDF][PDF] 西南喀斯特地貌区两栖动物丰富度分布格局与环境因子的关系

王波, 黄勇, 李家堂, 戴强, 王跃招, 杨道德 - 生物多样性, 2018 - researchgate.net
物种丰富度分布格局的成因机制一直是宏观生态学研究的热点问题之一. 中国西南地区喀斯特
地貌区(以广西, 云南和贵州为主) 是世界上面积最大的喀斯特地貌区, 也是全球范围内34 …

Species distribution models to predict the impacts of environmental disasters on shrimp species of economic interest

WG Pereira, AC de Almeida… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
Here, we used distribution models to predict the size of the environmentally suitable area for
shrimps of fishing interest that were impacted by the tailing plume from the collapse of the …