Search Results - "Sofaer, Helen"

The area under the precision‐recall curve as a performance metric for rare binary events by Sofaer, Helen R., Hoeting, Jennifer A., Jarnevich, Catherine S., McPherson, Jana

“…Species distribution models are used to study biogeographic patterns and guide decision‐making. The variable quality of these models makes it critical to…”
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Development and Delivery of Species Distribution Models to Inform Decision-Making by SOFAER, HELEN R., JARNEVICH, CATHERINE S., PEARSE, IAN S., SMYTH, REGAN L., AUER, STEPHANIE, COOK, GERICKE L., EDWARDS, THOMAS C., GUALA, GERALD F., HOWARD, TIMOTHY G., MORISETTE, JEFFREY T., HAMILTON, HEALY

“…Information on where species occur is an important component of conservation and management decisions, but knowledge of distributions is often coarse or…”
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Modelling presence versus abundance for invasive species risk assessment by Jarnevich, Catherine S., Sofaer, Helen R., Engelstad, Peder

“…Aim Invasive species prevention and management can be guided by comparisons of invasion risk across space and among species. Species distribution models are…”
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Land cover differentially affects abundance of common and rare birds by Davis, Kristin P., Sofaer, Helen R., Pejchar, Liba

“…While rare species are vulnerable to global change, large declines in common species (i.e., those with large population sizes, large geographic distributions,…”
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A modeling workflow that balances automation and human intervention to inform invasive plant management decisions at multiple spatial scales by Young, Nicholas E, Jarnevich, Catherine S, Sofaer, Helen R, Pearse, Ian, Sullivan, Julia, Engelstad, Peder, Stohlgren, Thomas J

“…Predictions of habitat suitability for invasive plant species can guide risk assessments at regional and national scales and inform early detection and…”
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Misleading prioritizations from modelling range shifts under climate change by Sofaer, Helen R., Jarnevich, Catherine S., Flather, Curtis H.

“…Aim: Conservation planning requires the prioritization of a subset of taxa and geographical locations to focus monitoring and management efforts. Integration…”
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INHABIT: A web-based decision support tool for invasive plant species habitat visualization and assessment across the contiguous United States by Engelstad, Peder, Jarnevich, Catherine S, Hogan, Terri, Sofaer, Helen R, Pearse, Ian S, Sieracki, Jennifer L, Frakes, Neil, Sullivan, Julia, Young, Nicholas E, Prevéy, Janet S, Belamaric, Pairsa, LaRoe, Jillian

“…Narrowing the communication and knowledge gap between producers and users of scientific data is a longstanding problem in ecological conservation and land…”
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The relationship between invader abundance and impact by Sofaer, Helen R., Jarnevich, Catherine S., Pearse, Ian S.

“…The impacts of invasive species generally increase with their abundance, but the form of invader abundance–impact relationships remain poorly described. We…”
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Non‐native plants have greater impacts because of differing per‐capita effects and nonlinear abundance–impact curves by Pearse, Ian S., Sofaer, Helen R., Zaya, David N., Spyreas, Greg, Vila, Montserrat

“…Invasive, non‐native species can have tremendous impacts on biotic communities, where they reduce the abundance and diversity of local species. However, it…”
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Management Foundations for Navigating Ecological Transformation by Resisting, Accepting, or Directing Social–Ecological Change by Magness, Dawn R, Hoang, Linh, Belote, R Travis, Brennan, Jean, Carr, Wylie, Stuart Chapin, F, Clifford, Katherine, Morrison, Wendy, Morton, John M, Sofaer, Helen R

“…Abstract Despite striking global change, management to ensure healthy landscapes and sustained natural resources has tended to set objectives on the basis of…”
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Observed and Potential Range Shifts of Native and Nonnative Species with Climate Change by Bradley, Bethany A., Beaury, Evelyn M., Gallardo, Belinda, Ibáñez, Inés, Jarnevich, Catherine, Morelli, Toni Lyn, Sofaer, Helen R., Sorte, Cascade J.B., Vilà, Montserrat

“…There is broad concern that the range shifts of global flora and fauna will not keep up with climate change, increasing the likelihood of population declines…”
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A Science Agenda to Inform Natural Resource Management Decisions in an Era of Ecological Transformation by Crausbay, Shelley D, Sofaer, Helen R, Cravens, Amanda E, Chaffin, Brian C, Clifford, Katherine R, Gross, John E, Knapp, Corrine N, Lawrence, David J, Magness, Dawn R, Miller-Rushing, Abraham J, Schuurman, Gregor W, Stevens-Rumann, Camille S

“…Abstract Earth is experiencing widespread ecological transformation in terrestrial, freshwater, and marine ecosystems that is attributable to directional…”
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Negative effects of an allelopathic invader on AM fungal plant species drive community-level responses by Roche, Morgan D., Pearse, Ian S., Bialic-Murphy, Lalasia, Kivlin, Stephanie N., Sofaer, Helen R., Kalisz, Susan

“…The mechanisms causing invasive species impact are rarely empirically tested, limiting our ability to understand and predict subsequent changes in invaded…”
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Environmental and geographical factors influence the occurrence and abundance of the southern house mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus, in Hawai‘i by Villena, Oswaldo C., McClure, Katherine M., Camp, Richard J., LaPointe, Dennis A., Atkinson, Carter T., Sofaer, Helen R., Berio Fortini, Lucas

“…Hawaiian honeycreepers, a group of endemic Hawaiian forest birds, are being threatened by avian malaria, a non-native disease that is driving honeycreepers…”
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Projected wetland densities under climate change: habitat loss but little geographic shift in conservation strategy by Sofaer, Helen R., Skagen, Susan K., Barsugli, Joseph J., Rashford, Benjamin S., Reese, Gordon C., Hoeting, Jennifer A., Wood, Andrew W., Noon, Barry R.

“…Climate change poses major challenges for conservation and management because it alters the area, quality, and spatial distribution of habitat for natural…”
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Invasion‐mediated mutualism disruption is evident across heterogeneous environmental conditions and varying invasion intensities by Roche, Morgan D., Pearse, Ian S., Sofaer, Helen R., Kivlin, Stephanie N., Spyreas, Greg, Zaya, David N., Kalisz, Susan

“…The impact of a biological invasion on native communities is expected to be uneven across invaded landscapes due to differences in local abiotic conditions,…”
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Naturalized species drive functional trait shifts in plant communities by Garbowski, Magda, Laughlin, Daniel C, Blumenthal, Dana M, Sofaer, Helen R, Barnett, David T, Beaury, Evelyn M, Buonaiuto, Daniel M, Corbin, Jeffrey D, Dukes, Jeffrey S, Early, Regan, Nebhut, Andrea N, Petri, Laís, Vilà, Montserrat, Pearse, Ian S

“…Despite decades of research documenting the consequences of naturalized and invasive plant species on ecosystem functions, our understanding of the functional…”
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Accounting for sampling patterns reverses the relative importance of trade and climate for the global sharing of exotic plants by Sofaer, Helen R., Jarnevich, Catherine S.

“…Aim: The distributions of exotic species reflect patterns of human-mediated dispersal, species climatic tolerances and a suite of other biotic and abiotic…”
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Human‐associated species dominate passerine communities across the United States by Sofaer, Helen R., Flather, Curtis H., Jarnevich, Catherine S., Davis, Kristin P., Pejchar, Liba, Sheard, Catherine

“…Aim Human development and agriculture can have transformative and homogenizing effects on natural systems, shifting the composition of ecological communities…”
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Macroscale analyses suggest invasive plant impacts depend more on the composition of invading plants than on environmental context by Beaury, Evelyn M., Sofaer, Helen R., Early, Regan, Pearse, Ian S., Blumenthal, Dana M., Corbin, Jeffrey D., Diez, Jeffrey, Dukes, Jeffrey S., Barnett, David T., Ibáñez, Inés, Petri, Laís, Vilà, Montserrat, Bradley, Bethany A.

“…AimNative biodiversity is threatened by the spread of non‐native invasive species. Many studies demonstrate that invasions reduce local biodiversity but we…”
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