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Overcoming limitations of modelling rare species by using ensembles of small models by Breiner, Frank T., Guisan, Antoine, Bergamini, Ariel, Nobis, Michael P., Anderson, Barbara

“…Summary Species distribution models (SDMs) have become a standard tool in ecology and applied conservation biology. Modelling rare and threatened species is…”
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Optimizing ensembles of small models for predicting the distribution of species with few occurrences by Breiner, Frank T., Nobis, Michael P., Bergamini, Ariel, Guisan, Antoine, Isaac, Nick

“…Ensembles of Small Models (ESM) represent a novel strategy for species distribution modelling with few observations. ESMs are built by calibrating many small…”
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Accelerated increase in plant species richness on mountain summits is linked to warming by Steinbauer, Manuel J., Grytnes, John-Arvid, Jurasinski, Gerald, Kulonen, Aino, Lenoir, Jonathan, Pauli, Harald, Rixen, Christian, Winkler, Manuela, Bardy-Durchhalter, Manfred, Barni, Elena, Bjorkman, Anne D., Breiner, Frank T., Burg, Sarah, Czortek, Patryk, Dawes, Melissa A., Delimat, Anna, Dullinger, Stefan, Erschbamer, Brigitta, Felde, Vivian A., Fernández-Arberas, Olatz, Fossheim, Kjetil F., Gómez-García, Daniel, Georges, Damien, Grindrud, Erlend T., Haider, Sylvia, Haugum, Siri V., Henriksen, Hanne, Herreros, María J., Jaroszewicz, Bogdan, Jaroszynska, Francesca, Kanka, Robert, Kapfer, Jutta, Klanderud, Kari, Kühn, Ingolf, Lamprecht, Andrea, Matteodo, Magali, di Cella, Umberto Morra, Normand, Signe, Odland, Arvid, Olsen, Siri L., Palacio, Sara, Petey, Martina, Piscová, Veronika, Sedlakova, Blazena, Steinbauer, Klaus, Stöckli, Veronika, Svenning, Jens-Christian, Teppa, Guido, Theurillat, Jean-Paul, Vittoz, Pascal, Woodin, Sarah J., Zimmermann, Niklaus E., Wipf, Sonja

“…Globally accelerating trends in societal development and human environmental impacts since the mid-twentieth century 1 – 7 are known as the Great Acceleration…”
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Including environmental niche information to improve IUCN Red List assessments by Breiner, Frank T., Guisan, Antoine, Nobis, Michael P., Bergamini, Ariel

“…Aim: Information on change in species' environmental preferences (i.e., niche) is currently not included in IUCN Red List criteria, although such information…”
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Improving the estimation of area of occupancy for IUCN Red List assessments by using a circular buffer approach by Breiner, Frank T., Bergamini, Ariel

“…The area of occupancy (AOO) is one of the main measures used by IUCN to quantify range size for species. AOO represents the area of suitable habitat currently…”
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Forest-structure data improve distribution models of threatened habitat specialists: Implications for conservation of epiphytic lichens in forest landscapes by Dymytrova, Lyudmyla, Stofer, Silvia, Ginzler, Christian, Breiner, Frank T., Scheidegger, Christoph

“…Epiphytic lichens are an important component of forest biodiversity. Many of them are threatened and conservation planning therefore requires comprehensive…”
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Setting priorities for climate change adaptation of Critical Sites in the Africa‐Eurasian waterbird flyways by Breiner, Frank T., Anand, Mira, Butchart, Stuart H. M., Flörke, Martina, Fluet‐Chouinard, Etienne, Guisan, Antoine, Hilarides, Lammert, Jones, Victoria R., Kalyakin, Mikhail, Lehner, Bernhard, Leeuwen, Merijn, Pearce‐Higgins, James W., Voltzit, Olga, Nagy, Szabolcs

“…Despite their importance for biodiversity and ecosystem services, wetlands are among the most threatened ecosystems globally. The conservation of many…”
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Greater topoclimatic control of above‐ versus below‐ground communities by Mod, Heidi K., Scherrer, Daniel, Di Cola, Valeria, Broennimann, Olivier, Blandenier, Quentin, Breiner, Frank T., Buri, Aline, Goudet, Jérôme, Guex, Nicolas, Lara, Enrique, Mitchell, Edward A. D., Niculita‐Hirzel, Hélène, Pagni, Marco, Pellissier, Loïc, Pinto‐Figueroa, Eric, Sanders, Ian R., Schmidt, Benedikt R., Seppey, Christophe V. W., Singer, David, Ursenbacher, Sylvain, Yashiro, Erika, van der Meer, Jan R., Guisan, Antoine

“…Assessing the degree to which climate explains the spatial distributions of different taxonomic and functional groups is essential for anticipating the effects…”
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Remotely sensed forest habitat structures improve regional species conservation by Rechsteiner, Christian, Zellweger, Florian, Gerber, Anatole, Breiner, Frank T., Bollmann, Kurt, Pettorelli, Nathalie, He, Kate

“…Recent studies show that light detection and ranging (LiDAR) derived habitat variables significantly increase the performance and accuracy of species…”
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Plant invasion and speciation along elevational gradients on the oceanic island La Palma, Canary Islands by Steinbauer, Manuel J., Irl, Severin D. H., González‐Mancebo, Juana María, Breiner, Frank T., Hernández‐Hernández, Raquel, Hopfenmüller, Sebastian, Kidane, Yohannes, Jentsch, Anke, Beierkuhnlein, Carl

“…Ecosystems that provide environmental opportunities but are poor in species and functional richness generally support speciation as well as invasion processes…”
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