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Peterson AT, Cobos ME, Sikes B, Soberon J, Osorio-Olvera L, Bolick J, Emmett A. Relationships among cost, citation, and access in journal publishing by an ecology and evolutionary biology department at a U.S. university. PeerJ 2024; 12:e16514. [PMID: 38188154 PMCID: PMC10771770 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.16514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2022] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2024] Open
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Background Optimizing access to high-quality scientific journals has become an important priority for academic departments, including the ability to read the scientific literature and the ability to afford to publish papers in those journals. In this contribution, we assess the question of whether institutional investment in scientific journals aligns with the journals where researchers send their papers for publication, and where they serve as unpaid reviewers and editors. Methods We assembled a unique suite of information about the publishing habits of our Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, including summaries of 3,540 journal publications by 35 faculty members. These data include economic costs of journals to institutions and to authors, benefits to authors in terms of journal prestige and citation rates, and considerations of ease of reading access for individuals both inside and outside the university. This dataset included data on institutional costs, including subscription pricing (rarely visible to scholars), and "investment" by scholars in supporting journals, such as time spent as editors and reviewers. Results Our results highlighted the complex set of relationships between these factors, and showed that institutional costs often do not match well with payoffs in terms of benefits to researchers (e.g., citation rate, prestige of journal, ease of access). Overall, we advocate for greater cost-benefit transparency to help compare different journals and different journal business models; such transparency would help both researchers and their institutions in investing wisely the limited resources available to academics.
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- A. Townsend Peterson
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- Departamento de Ecología de la Biodiversidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico
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- KU Libraries, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- KU Libraries, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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Colella JP, Cobos ME, Salinas I, Cook JA. Advancing the central role of non-model biorepositories in predictive modeling of emerging pathogens. PLoS Pathog 2023; 19:e1011410. [PMID: 37319170 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1011410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023] Open
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- Jocelyn P Colella
- University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
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- University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
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- University of New Mexico, Department of Biology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
- Center for Evolutionary and Theoretical Immunology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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- University of New Mexico, Department of Biology, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
- Museum of Southwestern Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
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Cobos ME, Peterson AT. Broad-scale factors shaping the ecological niche and geographic distribution of Spirodela polyrhiza. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0276951. [PMID: 37141194 PMCID: PMC10159170 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0276951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2022] [Accepted: 04/17/2023] [Indexed: 05/05/2023] Open
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The choice of appropriate independent variables to create models characterizing ecological niches of species is of critical importance in distributional ecology. This set of dimensions in which a niche is defined can inform about what factors limit the distributional potential of a species. We used a multistep approach to select relevant variables for modeling the ecological niche of the aquatic Spirodela polyrhiza, taking into account variability arising from using distinct algorithms, calibration areas, and spatial resolutions of variables. We found that, even after an initial selection of meaningful variables, the final set of variables selected based on statistical inference varied considerably depending on the combination of algorithm, calibration area, and spatial resolution used. However, variables representing extreme temperatures and dry periods were more consistently selected than others, despite the treatment used, highlighting their importance in shaping the distribution of this species. Other variables related to seasonality of solar radiation, summer solar radiation, and some soil proxies of nutrients in water, were selected commonly but not as frequently as the ones mentioned above. We suggest that these later variables are also important to understanding the distributional potential of the species, but that their effects may be less pronounced at the scale at which they are represented for the needs of this type of modeling. Our results suggest that an informed definition of an initial set of variables, a series of statistical steps for filtering and exploring these predictors, and model selection exercises that consider multiple sets of predictors, can improve determination of variables that shape the niche and distribution of the species, despite differences derived from factors related to data or modeling algorithms.
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- Marlon E Cobos
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
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Nuñez‐Penichet C, Cobos ME, Soberón J, Gueta T, Barve N, Barve V, Navarro‐Sigüenza AG, Peterson AT. Selection of sampling sites for biodiversity inventory: effects of environmental and geographic considerations. Methods Ecol Evol 2022. [DOI: 10.1111/2041-210x.13869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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- Claudia Nuñez‐Penichet
- Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology University of Kansas KS USA
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- Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology University of Kansas KS USA
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- Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology University of Kansas KS USA
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- Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering Technion Israel Institute of Technology Haifa
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- Florida Museum of Natural History University of Florida Gainesville FL USA
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- Florida Museum of Natural History University of Florida Gainesville FL USA
- Department of Entomology Purdue University West Lafayette IN USA
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- Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology University of Kansas KS USA
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Contreras-Díaz RG, Falconi M, Osorio-Olvera L, Cobos ME, Soberón J, Townsend Peterson A, Lira-Noriega A, Álvarez-Loayza P, Luis Gonçalves A, Hurtado-Astaiza J, Gonzáles RDPR, Zubileta IS, Spironello WR, Vásquez-Martínez R. On the relationship between environmental suitability and habitat use for three neotropical mammals. J Mammal 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyab152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Recent studies have used occupancy models (OM) and ecological niche models (ENM) to provide a better understanding of species’ distributions at different scales. One of the main ideas underlying the theoretical foundations of both OM and ENM is that they are positively related to abundance: higher occupancy implies higher density and more suitable areas are likely to have more abundant populations. Here, we analyze the relationship between habitat use measured in terms of occupancy probabilities from OM and environmental suitability derived from ENM in three different Neotropical mammal species: Leopardus wiedii, Cuniculus paca, and Dasypus novemcinctus. For ENM, we used climatic and vegetation cover variables and implemented a model calibration and selection protocol to select the most competitive models. For OM, we used a single-species, single-season model with site covariates for camera-trap data from six different sites throughout the Neotropical realm. Covariates included vegetation percentage, normalized difference vegetation index, normalized difference water index, and elevation. For each site, we fit OM using all possible combinations of variables and selected the most competitive (ΔAICc < 2) to build an average OM. We explored relationships between estimated suitability and occupancy values using Spearman correlation analysis. Relationships between ENM and OM tended to be positive for the three Neotropical mammals, but the strength varied among sites, which could be explained by local factors such as site characteristics and conservation status of areas. We conjecture that ENM are suitable to understand spatial patterns at coarser geographic scales because the concept of the niche is about the species as a whole, whereas OM are more relevant to explain the distribution locally, likely reflecting transient dynamics of populations resulting from many local factors such as community composition and biotic processes.
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- Rusby G Contreras-Díaz
- Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas, Unidad de Posgrado, Edificio A, 1° Piso, Circuito de Posgrados, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico
- Departamento de Matemáticas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Matemáticas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 Mexico City, Mexico
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- Departamento de Ecología de la Biodiversidad, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito exterior s/n anexo al Jardín Botánico, 04500 Mexico City, Mexico
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- Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Dyche Hall, 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
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- Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Dyche Hall, 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
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- Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Dyche Hall, 1345 Jayhawk Boulevard, Lawrence, KS 66045, USA
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- CONACyT Research Fellow, Red de Estudios Moleculares Avanzados, Instituto de Ecología, A.C., Carretera antigua a Coatepec 351, El Haya, 91073, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico
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- Center for Tropical Conservation, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC 27705, USA
- Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network, Science and Knowledge Division, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500, VA 22202, USA
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- Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network, Science and Knowledge Division, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500, VA 22202, USA
- Grupo de Pesquisa de Mamíferos Amazônicos, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Av. André Araújo 2936, Petrópolis, CEP 69067-375, Manaus, Brazil
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- Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network, Science and Knowledge Division, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500, VA 22202, USA
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- Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network, Science and Knowledge Division, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500, VA 22202, USA
- Estación Biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missouri c/o Herbario HOXA, Prolongación Bolognesi Mz. E-6, Oxapampa 19230, Pasco, Peru
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- Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network, Science and Knowledge Division, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500, VA 22202, USA
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- Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network, Science and Knowledge Division, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500, VA 22202, USA
- Grupo de Pesquisa de Mamíferos Amazônicos, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia, Coordenação de Biodiversidade, Av. André Araújo 2936, Petrópolis, CEP 69067-375, Manaus, Brazil
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- Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring Network, Science and Knowledge Division, Conservation International, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 500, VA 22202, USA
- Estación Biológica del Jardín Botánico de Missouri c/o Herbario HOXA, Prolongación Bolognesi Mz. E-6, Oxapampa 19230, Pasco, Peru
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Machado-Stredel F, Cobos ME, Peterson AT. A simulation-based method for selecting calibration areas for ecological niche models and species distribution models. Frontiers of Biogeography 2021. [DOI: 10.21425/f5fbg48814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Mattingly S, Hardesty E, Chovanec K, Cobos ME, Garcia J, Grizzle M, Huerta A, Ohtake J, Romero-Alvarez D, Gonzalez VH. Differences Between Attached and Detached Cadaveric Prosections on Students' Identification Ability During Practical Examinations. Anat Sci Educ 2021; 14:808-815. [PMID: 33037784 DOI: 10.1002/ase.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2019] [Revised: 10/02/2020] [Accepted: 10/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Cadaveric prosections are effective learning tools in anatomy education. They range from a fully dissected, sometimes plastinated, complete cadaver (in situ prosections), to a single, carefully dissected structure detached from a cadaver (ex situ prosections). While most research has focused on the advantages and disadvantages of dissection versus prosection, limited information is available on the instructional efficacy of different prosection types. This contribution explored potential differences between in situ and ex situ prosections regarding the ability of undergraduate students to identify anatomical structures. To determine if students were able to recognize the same anatomical structure on both in situ and ex situ prosections, or on either one individually, six structures were tagged on both prosection types as part of three course summative examinations. The majority of students (61%-68%) fell into one of the two categories: those that recognized or failed to recognize the same structure on both in situ and ex situ prosections. The percentage of students who recognized a selected structure on only one type of prosection was small (1.6%-31.6%), but skewed in favor of ex situ prosections (P ≤ 0.01). These results suggest that overall students' identification ability was due to knowledge differences, not the spatial or contextual challenges posed by each type of prosection. They also suggest that the relative difficulty of either prosection type depends on the nature of the anatomical structure. Thus, one type of prosection might be more appropriate for teaching some structures, and therefore the use of both types is recommended.
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- Spencer Mattingly
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
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- Department of Clinical, Health and Applied Sciences, College of Human Sciences and Humanities, University of Houston-Clear Lake, Houston, Texas
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
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- Department of Geospatial Information System Technology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming
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- School of Nursing, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, School of Health Professions, University of Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
- Undergraduate Biology Program, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
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Raghavan RK, Koestel Z, Ierardi R, Peterson AT, Cobos ME. Climatic suitability of the eastern paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus, and its likely geographic distribution in the year 2050. Sci Rep 2021; 11:15330. [PMID: 34321572 PMCID: PMC8319185 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-94793-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2021] [Accepted: 07/14/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The eastern paralysis tick, Ixodes holocyclus is one of two ticks that cause potentially fatal tick paralysis in Australia, and yet information on the full extent of its present or potential future spatial distribution is not known. Occurrence data for this tick species collected over the past two decades, and gridded environmental variables at 1 km2 resolution representing climate conditions, were used to derive correlative ecological niche models to predict the current and future potential distribution. Several hundreds of candidate models were constructed with varying combinations of model parameters, and the best-fitting model was chosen based on statistical significance, omission rate, and Akaike Information Criterion (AICc). The best-fitting model matches the currently known distribution but also extends through most of the coastal areas in the south, and up to the Kimbolton peninsula in Western Australia in the north. Highly suitable areas are present around south of Perth, extending towards Albany, Western Australia. Most areas in Tasmania, where the species is not currently present, are also highly suitable. Future spatial distribution of this tick in the year 2050 indicates moderate increase in climatic suitability from the present-day prediction but noticeably also moderate to low loss of climatically suitable areas elsewhere.
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- Ram K Raghavan
- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA. .,Department of Public Health, School of Health Professions, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA.
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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- Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA.,Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 65211, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA
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DeRaad DA, Cobos ME, Alkishe A, Ashraf U, Ahadji-Dabla KM, Nuñez-Penichet C, Peterson AT. Genome-environment association methods comparison supports omnigenic adaptation to ecological niche in malaria vector mosquitoes. Mol Ecol 2021; 30:6468-6485. [PMID: 34309095 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2020] [Revised: 07/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The concept of a fundamental ecological niche is central to questions of geographic distribution, population demography, species conservation, and evolutionary potential. However, robust inference of genomic regions associated with evolutionary adaptation to particular environmental conditions remains difficult due to the myriad of potential confounding processes that can generate heterogeneous patterns of variation across the genome. Here, we interrogate the potential role of genome environment association (GEA) testing as an initial step in building an understanding of the genetic basis of ecological niche. We leverage publicly available genomic data from the Anopheles gambiae 1000 Genomes (Ag1000g) Consortium to test the ability of multiple analytically unique GEA methods to handle confounding patterns of genetic variation, control false positive rates, and discern associations with broadly relevant climate variables from random allele frequency patterns throughout the genome. We found evidence supporting the ability of commonly implemented GEA methods to account for confounding patterns of spatial and genetic variation, and control false positive rates. However, we fail to find evidence supporting the ability of GEA tests to reject signals of adaptation to randomly simulated environmental variables, indicating that discerning between true signals of genome environment adaptation and genome environment correlations resulting from alternative evolutionary processes, remains challenging. Because signals of environmental adaptation are so diffuse and confounded throughout the genome, we argue that genomic adaptation to ecological niche is likely best understood under an omnigenic model wherein highly interconnected, genome-wide gene regulatory networks shape genomic adaptation to key environmental conditions.
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- Devon A DeRaad
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Lahore School of Economics, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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Nuñez-Penichet C, Cobos ME, Soberon J. Non-overlapping climatic niches and biogeographic barriers explain disjunct distributions of continental Urania moths. Frontiers of Biogeography 2021. [DOI: 10.21425/f5fbg52142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Gonzalez VH, Cobos ME, Jaramillo J, Ospina R. Climate change will reduce the potential distribution ranges of Colombia’s most valuable pollinators. Perspect Ecol Conserv 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pecon.2021.02.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022] Open
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Banks WE, Moncel MH, Raynal JP, Cobos ME, Romero-Alvarez D, Woillez MN, Faivre JP, Gravina B, d'Errico F, Locht JL, Santos F. An ecological niche shift for Neanderthal populations in Western Europe 70,000 years ago. Sci Rep 2021; 11:5346. [PMID: 33674720 PMCID: PMC7935894 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-84805-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2020] [Accepted: 02/22/2021] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
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Middle Paleolithic Neanderthal populations occupied Eurasia for at least 250,000 years prior to the arrival of anatomically modern humans. While a considerable body of archaeological research has focused on Neanderthal material culture and subsistence strategies, little attention has been paid to the relationship between regionally specific cultural trajectories and their associated existing fundamental ecological niches, nor to how the latter varied across periods of climatic variability. We examine the Middle Paleolithic archaeological record of a naturally constrained region of Western Europe between 82,000 and 60,000 years ago using ecological niche modeling methods. Evaluations of ecological niche estimations, in both geographic and environmental dimensions, indicate that 70,000 years ago the range of suitable habitats exploited by these Neanderthal populations contracted and shifted. These ecological niche dynamics are the result of groups continuing to occupy habitual territories that were characterized by new environmental conditions during Marine Isotope Stage 4. The development of original cultural adaptations permitted this territorial stability.
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- William E Banks
- University of Bordeaux, CNRS, MCC, PACEA, UMR 5199, Bâtiment B2, Allée Geoffroy St. Hilaire, CS 50023, 33600, Pessac, France.
- Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA.
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- CNRS, Département Hommes et Environnement, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Institut de Paléontologie Humaine, UMR 7194, 1 rue René Penhard, 75013, Paris, France
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- University of Bordeaux, CNRS, MCC, PACEA, UMR 5199, Bâtiment B2, Allée Geoffroy St. Hilaire, CS 50023, 33600, Pessac, France
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- Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA
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- Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, 1345 Jayhawk Blvd, Lawrence, KS, 66045, USA
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- University of Bordeaux, CNRS, MCC, PACEA, UMR 5199, Bâtiment B2, Allée Geoffroy St. Hilaire, CS 50023, 33600, Pessac, France
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- University of Bordeaux, CNRS, MCC, PACEA, UMR 5199, Bâtiment B2, Allée Geoffroy St. Hilaire, CS 50023, 33600, Pessac, France
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- University of Bordeaux, CNRS, MCC, PACEA, UMR 5199, Bâtiment B2, Allée Geoffroy St. Hilaire, CS 50023, 33600, Pessac, France
- Centre for Early Sapiens Behaviour, University of Bergen, Øysteinsgate 3 Post box 7805, 5020, Bergen, Norway
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- Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives (INRAP) Nord-Picardie, 32 avenue de l'Etoile du Sud, 80440, Glisy, France
- CNRS, University of Paris 1, University of Paris Est Créteil, LGP, UMR 8591, 1 Place A. Briand, 92195, Meudon Cedex, France
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- University of Bordeaux, CNRS, MCC, PACEA, UMR 5199, Bâtiment B2, Allée Geoffroy St. Hilaire, CS 50023, 33600, Pessac, France
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Nuñez-Penichet C, Osorio-Olvera L, Gonzalez VH, Cobos ME, Jiménez L, DeRaad DA, Alkishe A, Contreras-Díaz RG, Nava-Bolaños A, Utsumi K, Ashraf U, Adeboje A, Peterson AT, Soberon J. Geographic potential of the world's largest hornet, Vespa mandarinia Smith (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), worldwide and particularly in North America. PeerJ 2021; 9:e10690. [PMID: 33520462 PMCID: PMC7811286 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.10690] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2020] [Accepted: 12/11/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The Asian giant hornet (AGH, Vespa mandarinia) is the world's largest hornet, occurring naturally in the Indomalayan region, where it is a voracious predator of pollinating insects including honey bees. In September 2019, a nest of Asian giant hornets was detected outside of Vancouver, British Columbia; multiple individuals were detected in British Columbia and Washington state in 2020; and another nest was found and eradicated in Washington state in November 2020, indicating that the AGH may have successfully wintered in North America. Because hornets tend to spread rapidly and become pests, reliable estimates of the potential invasive range of V. mandarinia in North America are needed to assess likely human and economic impacts, and to guide future eradication attempts. Here, we assess climatic suitability for AGH in North America, and suggest that, without control, this species could establish populations across the Pacific Northwest and much of eastern North America. Predicted suitable areas for AGH in North America overlap broadly with areas where honey production is highest, as well as with species-rich areas for native bumble bees and stingless bees of the genus Melipona in Mexico, highlighting the economic and environmental necessity of controlling this nascent invasion.
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- Claudia Nuñez-Penichet
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.,Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.,Departamento de Matemáticas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico.,Departamento de Ecología de la Biodiversidad, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.,Undergraduate Biology Program, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.,Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.,Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.,Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.,Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- Departamento de Matemáticas, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico.,Posgrado en Ciencias Biológicas. Unidad de Posgrado, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, México
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Lahore School of Economics, Lahore, Pakistan
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.,Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.,Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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Mazón M, Nuñez-Penichet C, Cobos ME. Relationship Between Body Mass and Forewing Length in Neotropical Ichneumonidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Neotrop Entomol 2020; 49:713-721. [PMID: 32557404 DOI: 10.1007/s13744-020-00784-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2019] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Biomass is an important indicator of various ecological factors in insect populations and communities. Although the utility of this variable is proven, it is usually dismissed in ecological studies, generally, because of the difficulty of measuring it. Considering that insect biomass is apparently declining worldwide, here, we aimed to test the accuracy of forewing length as an estimator of body mass in Neotropical Ichneumonidae to help in monitoring insect biomass. Forewing length and dry body mass were measured in 728 individuals from distinct localities in Venezuela and Ecuador. A clear log-linear relationship existed between the two variables, and a log-linear regression had significant and strong predictive power of mass based on wing length. To derive the final values of mass from predictions made using our equation, we used an exponential transformation. We present an R function for predicting mass from wing length. We consider our findings applicable to many Neotropical species of Ichneumonidae, and helpful especially when specimens are measured in dry collections.
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- M Mazón
- Programa de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Servicios Ecosistémicos, Univ Nacional de Loja, Ciudadela Universitaria, sector La Argelia, EC 110101, Loja, Ecuador.
- Depto de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales, Univ de Alicante, Alicante, Spain.
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- Programa de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Servicios Ecosistémicos, Univ Nacional de Loja, Ciudadela Universitaria, sector La Argelia, EC 110101, Loja, Ecuador
- Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity Institute, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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- Programa de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Servicios Ecosistémicos, Univ Nacional de Loja, Ciudadela Universitaria, sector La Argelia, EC 110101, Loja, Ecuador
- Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology & Biodiversity Institute, Univ of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA
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Owens HL, Ribeiro V, Saupe EE, Cobos ME, Hosner PA, Cooper JC, Samy AM, Barve V, Barve N, Muñoz‐R. CJ, Peterson AT. Acknowledging uncertainty in evolutionary reconstructions of ecological niches. Ecol Evol 2020; 10:6967-6977. [PMID: 32760505 PMCID: PMC7391559 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.6359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2020] [Revised: 04/07/2020] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Reconstructing ecological niche evolution can provide insight into the biogeography and diversification of evolving lineages. However, comparative phylogenetic methods may infer the history of ecological niche evolution inaccurately because (a) species' niches are often poorly characterized; and (b) phylogenetic comparative methods rely on niche summary statistics rather than full estimates of species' environmental tolerances. Here, we propose a new framework for coding ecological niches and reconstructing their evolution that explicitly acknowledges and incorporates the uncertainty introduced by incomplete niche characterization. Then, we modify existing ancestral state inference methods to leverage full estimates of environmental tolerances. We provide a worked empirical example of our method, investigating ecological niche evolution in the New World orioles (Aves: Passeriformes: Icterus spp.). Temperature and precipitation tolerances were generally broad and conserved among orioles, with niche reduction and specialization limited to a few terminal branches. Tools for performing these reconstructions are available in a new R package called nichevol.
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- Hannah L. Owens
- Center for Macroecology, Evolution, and ClimateGLOBE InstituteUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
- Florida Museum of Natural HistoryUniversity of FloridaGainesvilleFLUSA
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- Department of Earth SciencesUniversity of OxfordOxfordUK
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- Center for Macroecology, Evolution, and ClimateGLOBE InstituteUniversity of CopenhagenCopenhagenDenmark
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- Committee on Evolutionary BiologyThe University of ChicagoChicagoILUSA
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- Entomology DepartmentFaculty of ScienceAin Shams UniversityCairoEgypt
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- Florida Museum of Natural HistoryUniversity of FloridaGainesvilleFLUSA
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- Florida Museum of Natural HistoryUniversity of FloridaGainesvilleFLUSA
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- Laboratorio de Análisis EspacialesInstituto de BiologíaUniversidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoCiudad de MéxicoMexico
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Simoes M, Romero-Alvarez D, Nuñez-Penichet C, Jiménez L, E. Cobos M. General Theory and Good Practices in Ecological Niche Modeling: A Basic Guide. Biodiv Inf 2020. [DOI: 10.17161/bi.v15i2.13376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Ecological niche modeling (ENM) and species distribution modeling (SDM) are sets of tools that allow the estimation of distributional areas on the basis of establishing relationships among known occurrences and environmental variables. These tools have a wide range of applications, particularly in biogeography, macroecology, and conservation biology, granting prediction of species potential distributional patterns in the present and dynamics of these areas in different periods or scenarios. Due to their relevance and practical applications, the usage of these methodologies has significantly increased throughout the years. Here, we provide a manual with the basic routines used in this field and a practical example of its implementation to promote good practices and guidance for new users.
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Alkishe A, Cobos ME, Peterson AT, Samy AM. Recognizing sources of uncertainty in disease vector ecological niche models: An example with the tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus sensu lato. Perspect Ecol Conserv 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.pecon.2020.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Peterson AT, Anderson RP, Cobos ME, Cuahutle M, Cuervo-Robayo AP, Escobar LE, Fernández M, Jiménez-García D, Lira-Noriega A, Lobo JM, Machado-Stredel F, Martínez-Meyer E, Nuñez-Penichet C, Nori J, Osorio-Olvera L, Rodríguez MT, Rojas-Soto O, Romero-Álvarez D, Soberón J, Varela S, Yañez-Arenas C. Curso modelado de nicho ecológico, version 1.0. Biodiv Inf 2019. [DOI: 10.17161/bi.v14i0.8189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
El conjunto de ideas, métodos y programas informáticos que se conoce como “Modelado de Nicho Ecológico” (MNE)—y el relacionado “Modelado de Distribución de Especies” (MDS)—han sido objeto de intensa exploración e investigación en las últimas décadas. A pesar de existir al menos cuatro síntesis publicadas, este campo ha crecido tanto en complejidad, que la formación de nuevos investigadores es difícil. Hasta ahora, dicha formación se ha hecho de manera presencial en cursos organizados por universidades o centros de investigación, de los que hemos formado parte como instructores. Sin embargo, el acceso a este tipo de cursos especializados es restringido, por un lado, porque los cursos no se ofrecen en todas las universidades, y por otro, porque normalmente se imparten en inglés. Para facilitar el acceso a una mayor comunidad de científicos de habla hispana, presentamos un curso en español, completamente digital y de acceso gratuito, que se realizó vía Internet durante 23 semanas consecutivas en 2018. Aunque las barreras intrínsecas al uso de Internet pueden dificultar la accesibilidad a los materiales del curso, hemos usado diversos formatos para la divulgación de los contenidos académicos (video, audio, pdf) con el objetivo de eliminar la mayor parte de estos problemas.
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Nuñez‐Penichet C, Cobos ME, Barro A, Soberón J. Potential migratory routes of
Urania boisduvalii
(Lepidoptera: Uraniidae) among host plant populations. DIVERS DISTRIB 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12881] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Claudia Nuñez‐Penichet
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute University of Kansas Lawrence Kansas
- Department of Animal and Human Biology, Faculty of Biology University of Havana Havana Cuba
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute University of Kansas Lawrence Kansas
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- Department of Animal and Human Biology, Faculty of Biology University of Havana Havana Cuba
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute University of Kansas Lawrence Kansas
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Cobos ME, Peterson AT, Barve N, Osorio-Olvera L. kuenm: an R package for detailed development of ecological niche models using Maxent. PeerJ 2019; 7:e6281. [PMID: 30755826 PMCID: PMC6368831 DOI: 10.7717/peerj.6281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 229] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2018] [Accepted: 12/13/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Background Ecological niche modeling is a set of analytical tools with applications in diverse disciplines, yet creating these models rigorously is now a challenging task. The calibration phase of these models is critical, but despite recent attempts at providing tools for performing this step, adequate detail is still missing. Here, we present the kuenm R package, a new set of tools for performing detailed development of ecological niche models using the platform Maxent in a reproducible way. Results This package takes advantage of the versatility of R and Maxent to enable detailed model calibration and selection, final model creation and evaluation, and extrapolation risk analysis. Best parameters for modeling are selected considering (1) statistical significance, (2) predictive power, and (3) model complexity. For final models, we enable multiple parameter sets and model transfers, making processing simpler. Users can also evaluate extrapolation risk in model transfers via mobility-oriented parity (MOP) metric. Discussion Use of this package allows robust processes of model calibration, facilitating creation of final models based on model significance, performance, and simplicity. Model transfers to multiple scenarios, also facilitated in this package, significantly reduce time invested in performing these tasks. Finally, efficient assessments of strict-extrapolation risks in model transfers via the MOP and MESS metrics help to prevent overinterpretation in model outcomes.
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- Marlon E Cobos
- Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States of America
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- Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States of America
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- Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States of America.,Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
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- Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, United States of America.,Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, México, Mexico.,Centro del Cambio Global y la Sustentabilidad A.C., Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico
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Raghavan RK, Barker SC, Cobos ME, Barker D, Teo EJM, Foley DH, Nakao R, Lawrence K, Heath ACG, Peterson AT. Potential Spatial Distribution of the Newly Introduced Long-horned Tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis in North America. Sci Rep 2019; 9:498. [PMID: 30679711 PMCID: PMC6346113 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-37205-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2018] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/31/2023] Open
Abstract
The North American distributional potential of the recently invaded tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis, was estimated using occurrence data from its geographic range in other parts of the world and relevant climatic data sets. Several hundred candidate models were built using a correlative maximum entropy approach, and best-fitting models were selected based on statistical significance, predictive ability, and complexity. The median of the best-fitting models indicates a broad potential distribution for this species, but restricted to three sectors—the southeastern United States, the Pacific Northwest, and central and southern Mexico.
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- R K Raghavan
- Department of Diagnostic Medicine & Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 66506, Kansas, USA.
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- Department of Parasitology, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, 66045, Kansas, USA
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- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton, QLD, 4343, Australia
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- Department of Parasitology, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Division of Entomology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20910, USA
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- Department of Disease Control, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0818, Hokkaido, Japan
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- School of Veterinary Science, Massey University, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand
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- Agresearch Ltd., c/o Hopkirk Research Institute, Private Bag 11008, Palmerston North, 4442, New Zealand
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Kansas, Lawrence, 66045, Kansas, USA
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Peterson AT, Anderson RP, Beger M, Bolliger J, Brotons L, Burridge CP, Cobos ME, Cuervo-Robayo AP, Di Minin E, Diez J, Elith J, Embling CB, Escobar LE, Essl F, Feeley KJ, Hawkes L, Jiménez-García D, Jimenez L, Green DM, Knop E, Kühn I, Lahoz-Monfort JJ, Lira-Noriega A, Lobo JM, Loyola R, Mac Nally R, Machado-Stredel F, Martínez-Meyer E, McCarthy M, Merow C, Nori J, Nuñez-Penichet C, Osorio-Olvera L, Pyšek P, Rejmánek M, Ricciardi A, Robertson M, Rojas Soto O, Romero-Alvarez D, Roura-Pascual N, Santini L, Schoeman DS, Schröder B, Soberon J, Strubbe D, Thuiller W, Traveset A, Treml EA, Václavík T, Varela S, Watson JEM, Wiersma Y, Wintle B, Yanez-Arenas C, Zurell D. Open access solutions for biodiversity journals: Do not replace one problem with another. DIVERS DISTRIB 2019. [DOI: 10.1111/ddi.12885] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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- A. Townsend Peterson
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas; Lawrence Kansas
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- City College of New York and Graduate Center; City University of New York; New York New York
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- School of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds; Leeds UK
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- Swiss Federal Research Institute WSL; Birmensdorf Switzerland
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas; Lawrence Kansas
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- Department of Geosciences and Geography; University of Helsinki; Helsinki Finland
- School of Life Sciences; University of KwaZulu-Natal; Durban South Africa
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- University of Melbourne; Parkville Victoria Australia
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- Department of Fish and Wildlife Conservation; Virginia Tech Blacksburg Virginia
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- Division of Conservation Biology, Vegetation and Landscape Ecology; University Vienna; Vienna Austria
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- College of Life and Environmental Sciences; University of Exeter; Penryn UK
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- Centro de Agroecología y Ambiente-ICUAP; Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; Puebla Mexico
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas; Lawrence Kansas
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- Redpath Museum; McGill University; Montreal Quebec Canada
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- University of Bern; Bern Switzerland
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- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ; Halle Germany
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- University of Canberra; Bruce Australian Capital Territory Australia
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas; Lawrence Kansas
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- Universidad Nacional de Córdoba; Córdoba Argentina
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas; Lawrence Kansas
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- Centro del Cambio Global y la Sustentabilidad en el Sureste AC; Tabasco Mexico
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- Institute of Botany, Czech Academy of Sciences; Prague Czech Republic
- Faculty of Science; Charles University; Prague Czech Republic
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas; Lawrence Kansas
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- Departament de Ciències Ambientals; Universitat de Girona; Girona Catalonia Spain
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- Technische Universität Braunschweig; Braunschweig Germany
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- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity Institute, University of Kansas; Lawrence Kansas
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- Mediterranean Institute of Advanced Studies (CSIC-UIB); Mallorca Spain
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- Université Grenoble Alpes; Grenoble France
- CNRS, Université Savoie Mont Blanc; Chambéry France
- LECA-Laboratoire d’Ecologie Alpes; Gières France
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- School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Queensland; Brisbane Queensland Australia
- Wildlife Conservation Society; Bronx New York
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- Department of Biology; Memorial University; St. John's NL Canada
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- University of Melbourne; Parkville Victoria Australia
- University of Queensland; St Lucia Queensland Australia
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- Laboratorio de Biología de la Conservación, Parque Científico y Tecnológico de Yucatán, Facultad de Ciencias-Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; Mérida Yucatán México
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Raghavan RK, Peterson AT, Cobos ME, Ganta R, Foley D. Current and Future Distribution of the Lone Star Tick, Amblyomma americanum (L.) (Acari: Ixodidae) in North America. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0209082. [PMID: 30601855 PMCID: PMC6314611 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0209082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2018] [Accepted: 11/28/2018] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Acarological surveys in areas outside the currently believed leading edge of the distribution of lone star ticks (Amblyomma americanum), coupled with recent reports of their identification in previously uninvaded areas in the public health literature, suggest that this species is more broadly distributed in North America than currently understood. Therefore, we evaluated the potential geographic extent under present and future conditions using ecological niche modeling approach based on museum records available for this species at the Walter Reed Biosystematics Unit (WRBU). The median prediction of a best fitting model indicated that lone star ticks are currently likely to be present in broader regions across the Eastern Seaboard as well as in the Upper Midwest, where this species could be expanding its range. Further northward and westward expansion of these ticks can be expected as a result of ongoing climate change, under both low- and high-emissions scenarios.
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- Ram K. Raghavan
- Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, The University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
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- Department of Diagnostic Medicine and Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America
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- Division of Entomology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States of America
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Cobos ME, Jiménez L, Nuñez-Penichet C, Romero-Alvarez D, Simoes M. Sample data and training modules for cleaning biodiversity information. Biodiv Inf 2018. [DOI: 10.17161/bi.v13i0.7600] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Large-scale biodiversity databases have become crucial information sources in many analyses in biogeography, macroecology, and conservation biology, often involving development of empirical models of species’ ecological niches and predictions of their geographic distributions. These analyses, however, can be impaired by the presence of errors, particularly as regards taxonomic identifications and accurate geographic coordinates. Here, we present a detailed data-cleaning exercise based on two contrasting datasets; we link these example data with a step-by-step guide to overcoming these problems and improving data quality for analyses based on these data.
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Peterson AT, Cobos ME, Jiménez-García D. Major challenges for correlational ecological niche model projections to future climate conditions. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2018; 1429:66-77. [PMID: 29923606 DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13873] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2017] [Revised: 04/12/2018] [Accepted: 05/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Species-level forecasts of distributional potential and likely distributional shifts, in the face of changing climates, have become popular in the literature in the past 20 years. Many refinements have been made to the methodology over the years, and the result has been an approach that considers multiple sources of variation in geographic predictions, and how that variation translates into both specific predictions and uncertainty in those predictions. Although numerous previous reviews and overviews of this field have pointed out a series of assumptions and caveats associated with the methodology, three aspects of the methodology have important impacts but have not been treated previously in detail. Here, we assess those three aspects: (1) effects of niche truncation on model transfers to future climate conditions, (2) effects of model selection procedures on future-climate transfers of ecological niche models, and (3) relative contributions of several factors (replicate samples of point data, general circulation models, representative concentration pathways, and alternative model parameterizations) to overall variance in model outcomes. Overall, the view is one of caution: although resulting predictions are fascinating and attractive, this paradigm has pitfalls that may bias and limit confidence in niche model outputs as regards the implications of climate change for species' geographic distributions.
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- A Townsend Peterson
- Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
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- Biodiversity Institute and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
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- Centro de Agroecología y Ambiente, Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Puebla, México
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Torres-Porras J, Cobos ME, Seoane JM, Aguirre N. Large and medium-sized mammals of Buenaventura Reserve, southwestern Ecuador. CheckList 2017. [DOI: 10.15560/13.4.35] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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