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Expert‐based range maps cannot be replicated using data‐driven methods but macroecological conclusions arising from them can.
Aronsson, Heléne ; Zizka, Alexander ; Antonelli, Alexandre ; Faurby, Søren
Range maps, Macroecology, IUCN ranges, Global biodiversity patterns, Biogeography, Bird distribution, and eBird global
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Connecting the multiple dimensions of global soil fungal diversity.
How the multiple facets of soil fungal diversity vary worldwide remains virtually unknown, hindering the management of this essential species-rich group. By sequencing high-resolution DNA markers in over 4000 topsoil samples from natural and human-altered ecosystems across all continents, we illustrate the distributions and drivers of different levels of taxonomic... -
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Spiny but photogenic: Amateur sightings complement herbarium specimens to reveal the bioregions of cacti.
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Global patterns in endemicity and vulnerability of soil fungi.
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sampbias, a method for quantifying geographic sampling biases in species distribution data
Geo‐referenced species occurrences from public databases have become essential to biodiversity research and conservation. However, geographical biases are widely recognized as a factor limiting the usefulness of such data for understanding species diversity and distribution. In particular, differences in sampling intensity across a landscape due to differences in human accessibility...Zizka, Alexander ; Antonelli, Alexandre ; Silvestro, Daniele
collection effort, Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), roadside bias, presence only data, and sampling intensity
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No one-size-fits-all solution to clean GBIF.
Species occurrence records provide the basis for many biodiversity studies. They derive from georeferenced specimens deposited in natural history collections and visual observations, such as those obtained through various mobile applications. Given the rapid increase in availability of such data, the control of quality and accuracy constitutes a particular concern.... -
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Unraveling the Phylogenomic Relationships of the Most Diverse African Palm Genus Raphia (Calamoideae, Arecaceae)
Palms are conspicuous floristic elements across the tropics. In continental Africa, even though there are less than 70 documented species, they are omnipresent across the tropical landscape. The genus Raphia has 20 accepted species in Africa and one species endemic to the Neotropics. It is the most economically important genus...Helmstetter, Andrew J. ; Kamga, Suzanne Mogue ; Bethune, Kevin ; Lautenschläger, Thea ; Zizka, Alexander …
Rain forests, Africa, Madagascar, Sequence capture, Exons, Phylogenomics, and Raphia
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The pitfalls of biodiversity proxies: Differences in richness patterns of birds, trees and understudied diversity across Amazonia
Most knowledge on biodiversity derives from the study of charismatic macro-organisms, such as birds and trees. However, the diversity of micro-organisms constitutes the majority of all life forms on Earth. Here, we ask if the patterns of richness inferred for macro-organisms are similar for micro-organisms. For this, we barcoded samples...Ritter, Camila D. ; Faurby, Søren ; Bennett, Dominic J. ; Naka, Luciano N. ; ter Steege, Hans …