Search Results - "Woolley, Skipton N. C."

Stop ignoring map uncertainty in biodiversity science and conservation policy by Jansen, Jan, Woolley, Skipton N. C., Dunstan, Piers K., Foster, Scott D., Hill, Nicole A., Haward, Marcus, Johnson, Craig R.

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Contrasting processes drive ophiuroid phylodiversity across shallow and deep seafloors by O’Hara, Timothy D., Hugall, Andrew F., Woolley, Skipton N. C., Bribiesca-Contreras, Guadalupe, Bax, Nicholas J.

“…Our knowledge of the distribution and evolution of deep-sea life is limited, impeding our ability to identify priority areas for conservation 1 . Here we…”
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Fathom out: biogeographical subdivision across the Western Australian continental margin - a multispecies modelling approach by Woolley, Skipton N. C., McCallum, Anna W., Wilson, Robin, O'Hara, Timothy D., Dunstan, Piers K.

“…Aim Biogeographical regions are often used as a basis for management strategies, yet a challenge for biodiversity management across broad scales is…”
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A working guide to harnessing generalized dissimilarity modelling for biodiversity analysis and conservation assessment by Mokany, Karel, Ware, Chris, Woolley, Skipton N. C., Ferrier, Simon, Fitzpatrick, Matthew C., Bahn, Volker

“…Aim Generalized dissimilarity modelling (GDM) is a powerful and unique method for characterizing and predicting beta diversity, the change in biodiversity over…”
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Testing the presence of marine protected areas against their ability to reduce pressures on biodiversity by Stevenson, Simone L., Woolley, Skipton N. C., Barnett, Jon, Dunstan, Piers

“…Marine protected areas (MPAs) are the preferred tool for preventing marine biodiversity loss, as reflected in international protected area targets. Although…”
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Scenarios and Models to Support Global Conservation Targets by Nicholson, Emily, Fulton, Elizabeth A., Brooks, Thomas M., Blanchard, Ryan, Leadley, Paul, Metzger, Jean Paul, Mokany, Karel, Stevenson, Simone, Wintle, Brendan A., Woolley, Skipton N.C., Barnes, Megan, Watson, James E.M., Ferrier, Simon

“…Global biodiversity targets have far-reaching implications for nature conservation worldwide. Scenarios and models hold unfulfilled promise for ensuring such…”
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Determining marine bioregions: A comparison of quantitative approaches by Hill, Nicole, Woolley, Skipton N. C., Foster, Scott, Dunstan, Piers K., McKinlay, John, Ovaskainen, Otso, Johnson, Craig, Pearse, Will

“…Areas that contain ecologically distinct biological content, called bioregions, are a central component to spatial and ecosystem‐based management. We review…”
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Bioregions in Marine Environments: Combining Biological and Environmental Data for Management and Scientific Understanding by WOOLLEY, SKIPTON N. C., FOSTER, SCOTT D., BAX, NICHOLAS J., CURRIE, JOCK C., DUNN, DANIEL C., HANSEN, CECILIE, HILL, NICOLE, O’HARA, TIMOTHY D., OVASKAINEN, OTSO, SAYRE, ROGER, VANHATALO, JARNO P., DUNSTAN, PIERS K.

“…Bioregions are important tools for understanding and managing natural resources. Bioregions should describe locations of relatively homogenous assemblages of…”
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steps: Software for spatially and temporally explicit population simulations by Visintin, Casey, Briscoe, Natalie J., Woolley, Skipton N. C., Lentini, Pia E., Tingley, Reid, Wintle, Brendan A., Golding, Nick, Graham, Laura

“…Species population dynamics are driven by spatial and temporal changes in the environment, anthropogenic activities and conservation management actions…”
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Deep-sea diversity patterns are shaped by energy availability by Woolley, Skipton N. C., Tittensor, Derek P., Dunstan, Piers K., Guillera-Arroita, Gurutzeta, Lahoz-Monfort, José J., Wintle, Brendan A., Worm, Boris, O’Hara, Timothy D.

“…Depth-dependent patterns in ocean species diversity can be explained by latitudinal variations in energy availability, with shelf and upper-slope diversity…”
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Characterising uncertainty in generalised dissimilarity models by Woolley, Skipton N.C., Foster, Scott D., O'Hara, Timothy D., Wintle, Brendan A., Dunstan, Piers K., Hodgson, David

“…Summary Generalised dissimilarity modelling (GDM) is a statistical method for analysing and predicting patterns of turnover in species composition, usually in…”
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The ppmData R-package for setting up spatial point process models by Woolley, Skipton N. C., Foster, Scott D.

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Deep-sea temperate-tropical faunal transition across uniform environmental gradients by O'Hara, Timothy D., Williams, Alan, Woolley, Skipton N.C., Nau, Amy W., Bax, Nicholas J.

“…The biogeography of the deep-sea benthic fauna is uncertain due to the vast size and incomplete exploration of these environments. While shallow water…”
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