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Mapping species distributions with MAXENT using a geographically biased sample of presence data: a performance assessment of methods for correcting sampling bias by Fourcade, Yoan, Engler, Jan O, Rödder, Dennis, Secondi, Jean

“…MAXENT is now a common species distribution modeling (SDM) tool used by conservation practitioners for predicting the distribution of a species from a set of…”
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Conservation genetics: Linking science with practice by Holderegger, Rolf, Balkenhol, Niko, Bolliger, Janine, Engler, Jan O., Gugerli, Felix, Hochkirch, Axel, Nowak, Carsten, Segelbacher, Gernot, Widmer, Alex, Zachos, Frank E.

“…Conservation genetics is a well‐established scientific field. However, limited information transfer between science and practice continues to hamper successful…”
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Landscape‐level heterogeneity of agri‐environment measures improves habitat suitability for farmland birds by Roilo, Stephanie, Engler, Jan O., Václavík, Tomáš, Cord, Anna F.

“…Agri‐environment schemes (AESs), ecological focus areas (EFAs), and organic farming are the main tools of the common agricultural policy (CAP) to counteract…”
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Final countdown for biodiversity hotspots by Habel, Jan C., Rasche, Livia, Schneider, Uwe A., Engler, Jan O., Schmid, Erwin, Rödder, Dennis, Meyer, Sebastian T., Trapp, Natalie, Sos del Diego, Ruth, Eggermont, Hilde, Lens, Luc, Stork, Nigel E.

“…Most of Earth's biodiversity is found in 36 biodiversity hotspots, yet less than 10% natural intact vegetation remains. We calculated models projecting the…”
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Evaluating the significance of paleophylogeographic species distribution models in reconstructing quaternary range-shifts of nearctic chelonians by Rödder, Dennis, Lawing, A Michelle, Flecks, Morris, Ahmadzadeh, Faraham, Dambach, Johannes, Engler, Jan O, Habel, Jan Christian, Hartmann, Timo, Hörnes, David, Ihlow, Flora, Schidelko, Kathrin, Stiels, Darius, Polly, P David

“…The climatic cycles of the Quaternary, during which global mean annual temperatures have regularly changed by 5-10°C, provide a special opportunity for…”
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Comparative landscape genetics of three closely related sympatric Hesperid butterflies with diverging ecological traits by Engler, Jan O, Balkenhol, Niko, Filz, Katharina J, Habel, Jan C, Rödder, Dennis

“…To understand how landscape characteristics affect gene flow in species with diverging ecological traits, it is important to analyze taxonomically related…”
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On the brink of extinction? How climate change may affect global chelonian species richness and distribution by Ihlow, Flora, Dambach, Johannes, Engler, Jan O., Flecks, Morris, Hartmann, Timo, Nekum, Sven, Rajaei, Hossein, Rödder, Dennis

“…Anthropogenic global climate change has already led to alterations in biodiversity patterns by directly and indirectly affecting species distributions. It has…”
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Niche evolution reveals disparate signatures of speciation in the ‘great speciator’ (white‐eyes, Aves: Zosterops) by Engler, Jan O., Lawrie, Yvonne, Cabral, Juliano S., Lens, Luc, Martínez‐Meyer, Enrique

“…Aim Recent breakthroughs in environmental niche models (ENMs) have substantially improved our insights in niche evolution. Assuming that closely related taxa…”
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Integrated SDM database: Enhancing the relevance and utility of species distribution models in conservation management by Frans, Veronica F., Augé, Amélie A., Fyfe, Jim, Zhang, Yuqian, McNally, Nathan, Edelhoff, Hendrik, Balkenhol, Niko, Engler, Jan O.

“…Species' ranges are changing at accelerating rates. Species distribution models (SDMs) are powerful tools that help rangers and decision‐makers prepare for…”
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A brief history and popularity of methods and tools used to estimate micro‐evolutionary forces by Kidner, Jonathan, Theodorou, Panagiotis, Engler, Jan O., Taubert, Martin, Husemann, Martin

“…Population genetics is a field of research that predates the current generations of sequencing technology. Those approaches, that were established before…”
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Confronting expert-based and modelled distributions for species with uncertain conservation status: A case study from the corncrake (Crex crex) by Fourcade, Yoan, Engler, Jan O., Besnard, Aurélien G., Rödder, Dennis, Secondi, Jean

“…•We compared IUCN expert-based map of corncrake range and modelled distribution.•A sampling bias correction was applied to build an accurate distribution…”
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Motor neuron translatome reveals deregulation of SYNGR4 and PLEKHB1 in mutant TDP-43 amyotrophic lateral sclerosis models by Marques, Rita F, Engler, Jan B, Küchler, Katrin, Jones, Ross A, Lingner, Thomas, Salinas, Gabriela, Gillingwater, Thomas H, Friese, Manuel A, Duncan, Kent E

“…Abstract Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an incurable neurological disease with progressive loss of motor neuron (MN) function in the brain and spinal…”
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Coupling Satellite Data with Species Distribution and Connectivity Models as a Tool for Environmental Management and Planning in Matrix-Sensitive Species by Rödder, Dennis, Nekum, Sven, Cord, Anna F., Engler, Jan O.

“…Climate change and anthropogenic habitat fragmentation are considered major threats for global biodiversity. As a direct consequence, connectivity is…”
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Hybridization may aid evolutionary rescue of an endangered East African passerine by Vedder, Daniel, Lens, Luc, Martin, Claudia A., Pellikka, Petri, Adhikari, Hari, Heiskanen, Janne, Engler, Jan O., Sarmento Cabral, Juliano

“…Introgressive hybridization is a process that enables gene flow across species barriers through the backcrossing of hybrids into a parent population. This may…”
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Missing the target? A critical view on butterfly conservation efforts on calcareous grasslands in south-western Germany by Filz, Katharina J., Engler, Jan O., Stoffels, Johannes, Weitzel, Matthias, Schmitt, Thomas

“…Butterflies are strongly declining on grassland habitats of Central Europe. Therefore, the success of conservation measures on high quality grassland habitats…”
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Will passive acoustic monitoring make result‐based payments more attractive? A cost comparison with human observation for farmland bird monitoring by Markova‐Nenova, Nonka, Engler, Jan O., Cord, Anna F., Wätzold, Frank

“…Result‐based payments (RBPs) reward land users for conservation outcomes and are a promising alternative to standard payments, which are targeted at specific…”
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Neuronal vulnerability and multilineage diversity in multiple sclerosis by Schirmer, Lucas, Velmeshev, Dmitry, Holmqvist, Staffan, Kaufmann, Max, Werneburg, Sebastian, Jung, Diane, Vistnes, Stephanie, Stockley, John H., Young, Adam, Steindel, Maike, Tung, Brian, Goyal, Nitasha, Bhaduri, Aparna, Mayer, Simone, Engler, Jan Broder, Bayraktar, Omer A., Franklin, Robin J. M., Haeussler, Maximilian, Reynolds, Richard, Schafer, Dorothy P., Friese, Manuel A., Shiow, Lawrence R., Kriegstein, Arnold R., Rowitch, David H.

“…Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neuroinflammatory disease with a relapsing–remitting disease course at early stages, distinct lesion characteristics in cortical…”
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Ocean currents determine functional connectivity in an Antarctic deep-sea shrimp by Dambach, Johannes, Raupach, Michael J., Leese, Florian, Schwarzer, Julia, Engler, Jan O.

“…The coherency among larval stages of marine taxa, ocean currents and population connectivity is still subject to discussion. A common view is that organisms…”
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Quantifying apart what belongs together: A multi‐state species distribution modelling framework for species using distinct habitats by Frans, Veronica F., Augé, Amélie A., Edelhoff, Hendrik, Erasmi, Stefan, Balkenhol, Niko, Engler, Jan O., McPherson, Jana

“…Species distribution models (SDMs) have been used to inform scientists and conservationists about the status and change in occurrence patterns in threatened…”
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Evolutionary history of wild barley (Hordeum vulgare subsp. spontaneum) analyzed using multilocus sequence data and paleodistribution modeling by Jakob, Sabine S, Rödder, Dennis, Engler, Jan O, Shaaf, Salar, Ozkan, Hakan, Blattner, Frank R, Kilian, Benjamin

“…Studies of Hordeum vulgare subsp. spontaneum, the wild progenitor of cultivated barley, have mostly relied on materials collected decades ago and maintained…”
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