Search Results - "Syfert, Mindy M."

The effects of sampling bias and model complexity on the predictive performance of MaxEnt species distribution models by Syfert, Mindy M, Smith, Matthew J, Coomes, David A

“…Species distribution models (SDMs) trained on presence-only data are frequently used in ecological research and conservation planning. However, users of SDM…”
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Using species distribution models to inform IUCN Red List assessments by Syfert, Mindy M., Joppa, Lucas, Smith, Matthew J., Coomes, David A., Bachman, Steven P., Brummitt, Neil A.

“…•We develop a new method to estimate IUCN species extent of occurrence (EOO) from distribution model predictions (SDMs).•Our method relies on maximising…”
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Emerging New Crop Pests: Ecological Modelling and Analysis of the South American Potato Psyllid Russelliana solanicola (Hemiptera: Psylloidea) and Its Wild Relatives by Syfert, Mindy M, Serbina, Liliya, Burckhardt, Daniel, Knapp, Sandra, Percy, Diana M

“…Food security is threatened by newly emerging pests with increased invasive potential accelerated through globalization. The Neotropical jumping plant louse…”
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Where are threatened ferns found？ Global conservation priorities for pteridophytes by Brummitt, Neil, Aletrari, Elina, Syfert, Mindy M., Mulligan, Mark

“…Recent efforts to improve the representation of plant species included on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species through the IUCN Sampled Red List Index…”
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Correction: The Effects of Sampling Bias and Model Complexity on the Predictive Performance of MaxEnt Species Distribution Models by Syfert, Mindy M., Smith, Matthew J., Coomes, David A.

“…Figures 3 and 4 were incorrectly switched. Citation: Syfert MM, Smith MJ, Coomes DA (2013) Correction: The Effects of Sampling Bias and Model Complexity on the…”
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Shedding new light on the origin and spread of the brinjal eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) and its wild relatives by Aubriot, Xavier, Knapp, Sandra, Syfert, Mindy M., Poczai, Péter, Buerki, Sven

“…Premise of the Study While brinjal eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) is the second most important solanaceous fruit crop, we lack firm knowledge of its…”
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The effect of sampling effort and methodology on range size estimates of poorly-recorded species for IUCN Red List assessments by Marsh, Charles J., Syfert, Mindy M., Aletrari, Elina, Gavish, Yoni, Kunin, William E., Brummitt, Neil

“…Geographic range size is the most commonly implemented criterion of species’ extinction risk used in IUCN Red List assessments, especially for poorly-recorded…”
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Crop wild relatives of the brinjal eggplant (Solanum melongena): Poorly represented in genebanks and many species at risk of extinction by Syfert, Mindy M., Castañeda-Álvarez, Nora P., Khoury, Colin K., Särkinen, Tiina, Sosa, Chrystian C., Achicanoy, Harold A., Bernau, Vivian, Prohens, Jaime, Daunay, Marie-Christine, Knapp, Sandra

“…PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Crop wild relatives (CWR) provide important traits for plant breeding, including pest, pathogen, and abiotic stress resistance…”
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The Sampled Red List Index for Plants, phase II: ground-truthing specimen-based conservation assessments by Brummitt, Neil, Bachman, Steven P., Aletrari, Elina, Chadburn, Helen, Griffiths-Lee, Janine, Lutz, Maiko, Moat, Justin, Rivers, Malin C., Syfert, Mindy M., Lughadha, Eimear M. Nic

“…The IUCN Sampled Red List Index (SRLI) is a policy response by biodiversity scientists to the need to estimate trends in extinction risk of the world's…”
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The potato pest Russelliana solanicola Tuthill (Hemiptera: Psylloidea): taxonomy and host-plant patterns by Serbina, Liliya, Burckhardt, Daniel, Birkhofer, Klaus, Syfert, Mindy M, Halbert, Susan E

“…The Neotropical jumping plant-louse Russelliana solanicola Tuthill is a potato pest and a probable vector of plant pathogens. Populations morphologically…”
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Inferring diversity patterns along an elevation gradient from stacked SDMs: A case study on Mesoamerican ferns by Syfert, Mindy M., Brummitt, Neil A., Coomes, David A., Bystriakova, Nadia, Smith, Matthew J.

“…An enduring challenge in ecology is to characterise and understand species richness patterns in tropical regions. Species richness maps produced by stacking…”
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Emerging New Crop Pests: Ecological Modelling and Analysis of the South American Potato Psyllid Russelliana solanicola by Syfert, Mindy M, Serbina, Liliya, Burckhardt, Daniel, Knapp, Sandra, Percy, Diana M

“…Food security is threatened by newly emerging pests with increased invasive potential accelerated through globalization. The Neotropical jumping plant louse…”
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