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Making better Maxent models of species distributions: complexity, overfitting and evaluation by Radosavljevic, Aleksandar, Anderson, Robert P, Araújo, Miguel

“…AIM: Models of species niches and distributions have become invaluable to biogeographers over the past decade, yet several outstanding methodological issues…”
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A framework for using niche models to estimate impacts of climate change on species distributions by Anderson, Robert P.

“…Predicting species geographic distributions in the future is an important yet exceptionally challenging endeavor. Overall, it requires a two‐step process: (1)…”
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Harnessing the world's biodiversity data: promise and peril in ecological niche modeling of species distributions by Anderson, Robert P.

“…Recent advances allow harnessing enormous stores of biological and environmental data to model species niches and geographic distributions. Natural history…”
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Spatial filtering to reduce sampling bias can improve the performance of ecological niche models by Boria, Robert A., Olson, Link E., Goodman, Steven M., Anderson, Robert P.

“…•This study employs spatial filtering of occurrence data.•The aim was to reduce overfitting to sampling bias in ecological niche models.•We quantified…”
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spThin: an R package for spatial thinning of species occurrence records for use in ecological niche models by Aiello-Lammens, Matthew E., Boria, Robert A., Radosavljevic, Aleksandar, Vilela, Bruno, Anderson, Robert P.

“…Spatial thinning of species occurrence records can help address problems associated with spatial sampling biases. Ideally, thinning removes the fewest records…”
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ENMeval 2.0: Redesigned for customizable and reproducible modeling of species’ niches and distributions by Kass, Jamie M., Muscarella, Robert, Galante, Peter J., Bohl, Corentin L., Pinilla‐Buitrago, Gonzalo E., Boria, Robert A., Soley‐Guardia, Mariano, Anderson, Robert P.

“…Quantitative evaluations to optimize complexity have become standard for avoiding overfitting of ecological niche models (ENMs) that estimate species’…”
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Toward ecologically realistic predictions of species distributions: A cross‐time example from tropical montane cloud forests by Guevara, Lázaro, Gerstner, Beth E., Kass, Jamie M., Anderson, Robert P.

“…There is an urgent need for more ecologically realistic models for better predicting the effects of climate change on species’ potential geographic…”
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Environmental filters reduce the effects of sampling bias and improve predictions of ecological niche models by Varela, Sara, Anderson, Robert P, García‐Valdés, Raúl, Fernández‐González, Federico

“…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…”
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ENMeval: An R package for conducting spatially independent evaluations and estimating optimal model complexity for Maxent ecological niche models by Muscarella, Robert, Galante, Peter J., Soley‐Guardia, Mariano, Boria, Robert A., Kass, Jamie M., Uriarte, María, Anderson, Robert P., McPherson, Jana

“…Summary Recent studies have demonstrated a need for increased rigour in building and evaluating ecological niche models (ENMs) based on presence‐only…”
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A new null model approach to quantify performance and significance for ecological niche models of species distributions by Bohl, Corentin L., Kass, Jamie M., Anderson, Robert P.

“…Aim Ecological niche modelling requires robust estimation of model performance and significance, but common evaluation approaches often yield biased estimates…”
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wallace 2: a shiny app for modeling species niches and distributions redesigned to facilitate expansion via module contributions by Kass, Jamie M., Pinilla‐Buitrago, Gonzalo E., Paz, Andrea, Johnson, Bethany A., Grisales‐Betancur, Valentina, Meenan, Sarah I., Attali, Dean, Broennimann, Olivier, Galante, Peter J., Maitner, Brian S., Owens, Hannah L., Varela, Sara, Aiello‐Lammens, Matthew E., Merow, Cory, Blair, Mary E., Anderson, Robert P.

“…Released 4 years ago, the Wallace EcoMod application (R package wallace) provided an open‐source and interactive platform for modeling species niches and…”
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Wallace: A flexible platform for reproducible modeling of species niches and distributions built for community expansion by Kass, Jamie M., Vilela, Bruno, Aiello‐Lammens, Matthew E., Muscarella, Robert, Merow, Cory, Anderson, Robert P., O’Hara, Robert B.

“…Scientific research increasingly calls for open‐source software that is flexible, interactive, and expandable, while providing methodological guidance and…”
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Improving area of occupancy estimates for parapatric species using distribution models and support vector machines by Kass, Jamie M., Meenan, Sarah I., Tinoco, Nicolás, Burneo, Santiago F., Anderson, Robert P.

“…As geographic range estimates for the IUCN Red List guide conservation actions, accuracy and ecological realism are crucial. IUCN’s extent of occurrence (EOO)…”
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Can biotic interactions cause allopatry? Niche models, competition, and distributions of South American mouse opossums by Gutiérrez, Eliécer E, Boria, Robert A, Anderson, Robert P

“…Based on our own empirical data and a literature review, we explore the possibility that biotic interactions, specifically competition, might be responsible…”
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Biotic predictors with phenological information improve range estimates for migrating monarch butterflies in Mexico by Kass, Jamie M., Anderson, Robert P., Espinosa‐Lucas, Alejandro, Juárez‐Jaimes, Verónica, Martínez‐Salas, Esteban, Botello, Francisco, Tavera, Gloria, Flores‐Martínez, José Juan, Sánchez‐Cordero, Víctor

“…Although long‐standing theory suggests that biotic variables are only relevant at local scales for explaining the patterns of species' distributions, recent…”
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Biased T Cell Receptor Usage Directed against Human Leukocyte Antigen DQ8-Restricted Gliadin Peptides Is Associated with Celiac Disease by Broughton, Sophie E., Petersen, Jan, Theodossis, Alex, Scally, Stephen W., Loh, Khai Lee, Thompson, Allan, van Bergen, Jeroen, Kooy-Winkelaar, Yvonne, Henderson, Kate N., Beddoe, Travis, Tye-Din, Jason A., Mannering, Stuart I., Purcell, Anthony W., McCluskey, James, Anderson, Robert P., Koning, Frits, Reid, Hugh H., Rossjohn, Jamie

“…Celiac disease is a human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQ2- and/or DQ8-associated T cell-mediated disorder that is induced by dietary gluten. Although it is…”
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Sufficient versus optimal climatic stability during the Late Quaternary: using environmental quality to guide phylogeographic inferences in a Neotropical montane system by Soley-Guardia, Mariano, Carnaval, Ana Carolina, Anderson, Robert P.

“…Quaternary climatic oscillations affected species distributions worldwide, creating cycles of connectivity and isolation that impacted population demography…”
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Linking ecological niche models and common garden experiments to predict phenotypic differentiation in stressful environments: Assessing the adaptive value of marginal populations in an alpine plant by Morente‐López, Javier, Kass, Jamie M., Lara‐Romero, Carlos, Serra‐Diaz, Josep M., Soto‐Correa, José Carmen, Anderson, Robert P., Iriondo, José M.

“…Environmental variation within a species’ range can create contrasting selective pressures, leading to divergent selection and novel adaptations. The…”
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Evaluating predictive models of species’ distributions: criteria for selecting optimal models by Anderson, Robert P, Lew, Daniel, Peterson, A.Townsend

“…The Genetic Algorithm for Rule-Set Prediction (GARP) is one of several current approaches to modeling species’ distributions using occurrence records and…”
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Circulating gluten-specific FOXP3+ CD39+ regulatory T cells have impaired suppressive function in patients with celiac disease by Cook, Laura, PhD, Munier, C. Mee Ling, PhD, Seddiki, Nabila, PhD, van Bockel, David, PhD, Ontiveros, Noé, MSc, Hardy, Melinda Y., PhD, Gillies, Jana K., MSc, Levings, Megan K., PhD, Reid, Hugh H., PhD, Petersen, Jan, PhD, Rossjohn, Jamie, PhD, Anderson, Robert P., PhD, Zaunders, John J., PhD, Tye-Din, Jason A., PhD, Kelleher, Anthony D., PhD

“…Background Celiac disease is a chronic immune-mediated inflammatory disorder of the gut triggered by dietary gluten. Although the effector T-cell response in…”
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