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2023
Alejandra Zarzo-Arias, Vincenzo Penteriani, Lukáš Gábor, Petra Šímová, Florencia Grattarola, Vítězslav Moudrý. Importance of data selection and filtering in species distribution models: A case study on the Cantabrian brown bear. Ecosphere. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.4284
Vítězslav Moudrý, Petr Keil, Anna F Cord, Lukáš Gábor, … , Petra Šímová. Scale mismatches between predictor and response variables in species distribution modelling: A review of practices for appropriate grain selection. Progress in Physical Geography: Earth and Environment. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1177/03091333231156362
Vítězslav Moudrý, Anna F. Cord, Lukáš Gábor, … , Jan Wild. Vegetation structure derived from airborne laser scanning to assess species distribution and habitat suitability: The way forward. Diversity and Distributions. 2023. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13644
Muyang Lu & Walter Jetz. Scale-sensitivity in the measurement and interpretation of environmental niches. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 2023. doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2023.01.003
2022
Shyama Pagad, … Walter Jetz, Ajay Ranipeta, … Yanina Sica, Melodie A. McGeoch. Country Compendium of the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data. 2022. doi:10.1038/s41597-022-01514-z
Lukáš Gábor, Walter Jetz, Muyang Lu, Duccio Rocchini, Anna Cord, Marco Malavasi, Alejandra Zarzo‐Arias, Vojtěch Barták, Vítězslav Moudrý. Positional errors in species distribution modelling are not overcome by the coarser grains of analysis. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 2022. doi:10.1111/2041-210X.13956
Jamie M Kass … Walter Jetz … Evan P Economo. The global distribution of known and undiscovered ant biodiversity. American Association for the Advancement of Science. 2022. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abp9908
Alexander Skeels, Wilhelmine Bach, Oskar Hagen, Walter Jetz, Loïc Pellissier. Temperature-dependent evolutionary speed shapes the evolution of biodiversity patterns across tetrapod radiations. Systematic Biology. 2022. doi:10.1093/sysbio/syac048
Emily Sandall, Stefan Pinkert, Walter Jetz. Country‐level checklists and occurrences for the world’s Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies). Journal of Biogeography. 2022. doi:10.1111/jbi.14457
Charles Marsh, Yanina Sica … Walter Jetz. Expert range maps of global mammal distributions harmonised to three taxonomic authorities. Journal of Biogeography. 2022. doi:10.1111/jbi.14330
Stefan Pinkert, Vijay Barve, Rob Guralnick, Walter Jetz. Global geographical and latitudinal variation in butterfly species richness captured through a comprehensive country-level occurrence database. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 2022. doi:10.1111/geb.13475.
Raul Costa‐Pereira, Remington J Moll, Brett R Jesmer, Walter Jetz. Animal tracking moves community ecology: Opportunities and challenges. Journal of Animal Ecology. 2022. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13698
Lukáš Gábor, Petra Šímová, Petr Keil, Alejandra Zarzo-Arias, Charles J. Marsh, Duccio Rocchini, Marco Malavasi, Vojtěch Barták, Vítězslav Moudrý. Habitats as predictors in species distribution models: Shall we use continuous or binary data? Ecography. 2022. doi:10.1111/ecog.06022
Joel O. Abraham, Nathan S. Upham, Alejandro Damian-Serrano, Brett R. Jesmer. Evolutionary causes and consequences of ungulate migration. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 2022. doi:10.1038/s41559-022-01749-4
Scott W. Yanco, Allison K. Pierce, Michael B. Wunder. Life history diversity in terrestrial animals is associated with metabolic response to seasonally fluctuating resources. Ecography. 2022. doi:10.1111/ecog.05900
James K. Wetterer, Jovonn G. Hill, Joe A. MacGown, Douglas B. Booher. Populations of the Graceful Twig Ant, Pseudomyrmex gracilis, Now Bridge the Distribution Gap between Their Native Range in Texas and Non-Native Range in Florida, USA. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 2022;148(1):51-58. doi:10.3157/061.148.0104.
Mark A Snethlage, Jonas Geschke, Ajay Ranipeta, Walter Jetz … Davnah Urbach. A hierarchical inventory of the world’s mountains for global comparative mountain science. Nature Science Data. doi:10.1038/s41597-022-01256-y
Walter Jetz, Grigori Tertitski, Roland Kays, Uschi Mueller, Martin Wikelski. Biological Earth observation with animal sensors. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 2022;37(4):293-298. doi:10.1016/j.tree.2021.11.011.
Ignacio Quintero, Marc A. Suchar, Walter Jetz. Macroevolutionary dynamics of climatic niche space. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 2022. doi:10.1098/rspb.2022.0091
Rohan D. Simkin, Karen C. Seto, Robert I. McDonald, and Walter Jetz. Biodiversity impacts and conservation implications of urban land expansion projected to 2050. PNAS. 2022. doi:10.1073/pnas.2117297119.
Walter Jetz, Jennifer McGowan, D Scott Rinnan, Hugh P Possingham, Piero Visconti, Brian O’Donnell, Maria Cecilia Londoño-Murcia. Include biodiversity representation indicators in area-based conservation targets. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2022. doi:10.1038/s41559-021-01620-y
Stuber EF, Carlson BS, Jesmer BR. Spatial personalities: a meta-analysis of consistent individual differences in spatial behavior. Behav Ecol. 2022;arab147. doi:10.1093/beheco/arab147
Vessaz F, Marsh CJ, Bijoux J, Gendron G, Mason-Parker C. Recovery trajectories of oceanic reef ecosystems following multiple mass coral bleaching events. Mar Biol. 2022;169: 23. doi:10.1007/s00227-021-04013-8
2021
Moura MR, Jetz W. Shortfalls and opportunities in terrestrial vertebrate species discovery. Nature Ecology & Evolution. 2021; 1–9. doi:10.1038/s41559-021-01411-5
Gotelli NJ, Booher DB, Urban MC, Ulrich W, Suarez AV, Skelly DK, et al. Estimating species relative abundances from museum records. Methods Ecol Evol. 2021. doi:10.1111/2041-210x.13705
Somveille M, Ellis-Soto D. Linking animal migration and ecosystem processes: data-driven simulation of propagule dispersal by migratory herbivores. bioRxiv. 2021. p. 2021.05.21.445111. doi:10.1101/2021.05.21.445111
Ladouceur E, McGowan J, Huber P, Possingham H, Scridel D, Klink R, et al. An objective‐based prioritization approach to support trophic complexity through ecological restoration species mixes. J Appl Ecol. 2021. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13943
Karger DN, Wilson AM, Mahony C, Zimmermann NE, Jetz W. Global daily 1 km land surface precipitation based on cloud cover-informed downscaling. Sci Data. 2021;8: 307. doi:10.1038/s41597-021-01084-6
Oliver RY, Meyer C, Ranipeta A, Winner K, Jetz W. Global and national trends, gaps, and opportunities in documenting and monitoring species distributions. PLoS Biol. 2021;19: e3001336. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001336
Ellis‐Soto D, Merow C, Amatulli G, Parra JL, Jetz W. Continental‐scale 1 km hummingbird diversity derived from fusing point records with lateral and elevational expert information. Ecography. 2021;44: 640–652. doi:10.1111/ecog.05119
Jetz W, McGowan J, Rinnan DS, Possingham HP, Visconti P, O’Donnell B, et al. Include biodiversity representation indicators in area-based conservation targets. Nat Ecol Evol. 2021; 1–4. doi:10.1038/s41559-021-01620-y
Sica Y, Zermoglio P. Unlocking inventory data capture, sharing and reuse: The Humboldt extension to Darwin Core. Biodivers Inf Sci Stand. 2021;5. doi:10.3897/biss.5.74275
Hagen O, Skeels A, Onstein R, Jetz W, Pellissier L. Earth history events shaped the evolution of uneven biodiversity across tropical moist forests. PNAS. 2021;118(40):e2026347118. doi:10.1073/pnas.2026347118
Jung M, Arnell A, de Lamo X, García-Rangel S, Lewis M, Mark J, et al. Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water. Nat Ecol Evol. 2021;5: 1499–1509. doi:10.1038/s41559-021-01528-7
Greenberg DA, Pyron RA, Johnson LGW, Upham NS, Jetz W, Mooers AØ. Evolutionary legacies in contemporary tetrapod imperilment. Ecol Lett. 2021;24: 2464–2476. doi:10.1111/ele.13868
Li R, Ranipeta A, Wilshire J, Malczyk J, Duong M, Guralnick R, et al. A cloud-based toolbox for the versatile environmental annotation of biodiversity data. PLoS Biol. 2021;19(11): e3001460. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001460.
Ellis-Soto D, Ferraro KM, Rizzuto M, Briggs E, Monk JD, Schmitz OJ. A methodological roadmap to quantify animal-vectored spatial ecosystem subsidies. J Anim Ecol. 2021;90: 1605–1622. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13538
Jarzyna MA, Quintero I, Jetz W. Global functional and phylogenetic structure of avian assemblages across elevation and latitude. Ecol Lett. 2020. doi:10.1111/ele.13631
Tallis H, Fargione J, Game E, McDonald R, Baumgarten L, Bhagabati N, et al. Prioritizing actions: spatial action maps for conservation. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2021;1505: 118–141. doi:10.1111/nyas.14651
Carlson BS, Rotics S, Nathan R, Wikelski M, Jetz W. Individual environmental niches in mobile organisms. Nat Commun. 2021;12: 4572. doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24826-x
Karger DN, Kessler M, Lehnert M, Jetz W. Limited protection and ongoing loss of tropical cloud forest biodiversity and ecosystems worldwide. Nat Ecol Evol. 2021;5: 854–862. doi:10.1038/s41559-021-01450-y
Sinnott-Armstrong MA, Donoghue MJ, Jetz WJ. Dispersers and environment drive global variation in fruit colour syndromes. Ecol Lett. 2021;24: 1387–1399. doi:10.1111/ele.13753
Esmaeili S, Jesmer BR, Albeke SE, Aikens EO. Body size and digestive system shape resource selection by ungulates: A cross‐taxa test of the forage maturation hypothesis. Ecology Letters. 2021;24(10): 2178-2191. doi:10.1111/ele.13848.
Lu M. Complex relationships between beta diversity and dispersal in meta‐community models. Ecography. 2021;44(12): 1769-1780. doi:10.1111/ecog.05937.
Lu M, Winner K, Jetz W. A unifying framework for quantifying and comparing n‐dimensional hypervolumes. Methods Ecol Evol. 2021;12: 1953–1968. doi:10.1111/2041-210x.13665
Turvey ST, Duncan C, Upham NS, Harrison X, Dávalos LM. Where the wild things were: intrinsic and extrinsic extinction predictors in the world’s most depleted mammal fauna. Proc Biol Sci. 2021;288: 20202905. doi:10.1098/rspb.2020.2905
Simmons BA, Nolte C, McGowan J. Delivering on Biden’s 2030 conservation commitment. bioRxiv. 2021. doi:10.1101/2021.02.28.433244.
Sivakumar AH, Sheldon D, Winner K, Burt CS, Horton KG. A weather surveillance radar view of Alaskan avian migration. Proc Biol Sci. 2021;288: 20210232. doi:10.1098/rspb.2021.0232
Karger DN, Wilson AM, Mahony C, Zimmermann NE, Jetz W. Global daily 1 km land surface precipitation based on cloud cover-informed downscaling. Sci Data. 2021;8: 307. doi:10.1038/s41597-021-01084-6
Macgown JA, Booher D, Richter H, Wetterer JK, Hill JG. An Updated List of Ants of Alabama (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with New State Records. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 2021;147: 961–981. doi:10.3157/061.147.0409
Booher DB. The ant genus Strumigenys Smith, 1860 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in western North America North of Mexico. Zootaxa. 2021;5061: 201–248. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5061.2.1
2020
Oliver RY, Mahoney PJ, Gurarie E, Krikun N, Weeks BC, Hebblewhite M, et al. Behavioral responses to spring snow conditions contribute to long-term shift in migration phenology in American robins. Environ Res Lett. 2020;15: 045003. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/ab71a0
Rutz C, Loretto M-C, Bates AE, Davidson SC, Duarte CM, Jetz W, et al. COVID-19 lockdown allows researchers to quantify the effects of human activity on wildlife. Nat Ecol Evol. 2020;4: 1156–1159. doi:10.1038/s41559-020-1237-z
Colston TJ, Kulkarni P, Jetz W, Pyron RA. Phylogenetic and spatial distribution of evolutionary diversification, isolation, and threat in turtles and crocodilians (non-avian archosauromorphs). BMC Evol Biol. 2020;20: 81. doi:10.1186/s12862-020-01642-3
Somveille M, Wikelski M, Beyer RM, Rodrigues ASL, Manica A, Jetz W. Simulation-based reconstruction of global bird migration over the past 50,000 years. Nat Commun. 2020;11: 801. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14589-2
Jesmer BR, Kauffman MJ, Murphy MA, Goheen JR. A test of the Niche Variation Hypothesis in a ruminant herbivore. J Anim Ecol. 2020;89(12): 2825-2839. doi:10.1111/1365-2656.13351
Mertes K, Jarzyna MA, Jetz W. Hierarchical multi-grain models improve descriptions of species’ environmental associations, distribution, and abundance. Ecol Appl. 2020;30: e02117. doi:10.1002/eap.2117
Gumbs R, Gray CL, Böhm M, Hoffmann M, Grenyer R, Jetz W, et al. Global priorities for conservation of reptilian phylogenetic diversity in the face of human impacts. Nat Commun. 2020;11: 2616. doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16410-6
Scott Rinnan D, Sica Y, Ranipeta A, Wilshire J, Jetz W. Terrestrial conservation opportunities and inequities revealed by global multi-scale prioritization. bioRxiv. 2020. p. 2020.02.05.936047. doi:10.1101/2020.02.05.936047
2019
McGeoch M, Jetz W. Measure and Reduce the Harm Caused by Biological Invasions. One Earth. 2019;1: 171–174. doi:10.1016/j.oneear.2019.10.003
Powers RP, Jetz W. Global habitat loss and extinction risk of terrestrial vertebrates under future land-use-change scenarios. Nat Clim Chang. 2019;9: 323–329. doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0406-z
Jetz W, McGeoch MA, Guralnick R, Ferrier S, Beck J, Costello MJ, et al. Essential biodiversity variables for mapping and monitoring species populations. Nat Ecol Evol. 2019;3: 539–551. doi:10.1038/s41559-019-0826-1