Geographic potential of the world's largest hornet, Vespa mandarinia Smith (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), worldwide and particularly in North America

C Nuñez-Penichet, L Osorio-Olvera, VH Gonzalez… - PeerJ, 2021 - peerj.com
The Asian giant hornet (AGH, Vespa mandarinia) is the world's largest hornet, occurring
naturally in the Indomalayan region, where it is a voracious predator of pollinating insects …

Fire-sensitive and threatened plants in the Upper Paraguay River Basin, Brazil: Identifying priority areas for Integrated Fire Management and ecological restoration

PI Martins, LBC Belém, LM Peluso, JK Szabo… - Ecological …, 2024 - Elsevier
Extreme wildfires present an ever-increasing problem in different landscapes around the
world. Here, we explore recent wildfires to prioritize recovery efforts and mitigate effects of …

Habitat quality or quantity? Niche marginality across 21 plants and animals suggests differential responses between highland and lowland species to past climatic …

R Araya‐Donoso, A Biddy, A Munguía‐Vega… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Climatic changes can affect species distributions, population abundance, and evolution.
Such organismal responses could be determined by the amount and quality of available …

Broad-scale factors sha** the ecological niche and geographic distribution of Spirodela polyrhiza

ME Cobos, AT Peterson - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The choice of appropriate independent variables to create models characterizing ecological
niches of species is of critical importance in distributional ecology. This set of dimensions in …

Predicting climate-driven distribution shifts in Hyalomma marginatum (Ixodidae)

O Hekimoglu, C Elverici, AC Kuyucu - Parasitology, 2023 - cambridge.org
Hyalomma marginatum is an important tick species which is the main vector of Crimean–
Congo haemorrhagic fever and spotted fever. The species is predominantly distributed in …

Double Trouble for Native Species Under Climate Change: Habitat Loss and Increased Environmental Overlap With Non‐Native Species

A Jan, I Arismendi, G Giannico - Global Change Biology, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change and biological invasions are affecting natural ecosystems globally. The
effects of these stressors on native species' biogeography have been studied separately, but …

What does the future hold for a thermophilic and widely introduced gecko, Tarentola mauritanica (Squamata: Phyllodactylidae)?

C Rato, I Silva-Rocha, N Sillero - Biological Invasions, 2024 - Springer
The continuous growth and movement of the human population is increasing the frequency
of translocating species from their native ranges to novel environments. However, biological …

Achieving higher standards in species distribution modeling by leveraging the diversity of available software

JM Kass, AB Smith, DL Warren, S Vignali… - …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The increasing online availability of biodiversity data and advances in ecological modeling
have led to a proliferation of open‐source modeling tools. In particular, R packages for …

[HTML][HTML] Accounting for Australia's threatened species: Estimating historical and recent change in terrestrial habitat

KM Giljohann, K Mokany, S Ferrier, TD Harwood… - Ecological …, 2025 - Elsevier
Habitat retention and restoration are fundamental to minimising species extinctions.
Mitigating impacts on threatened species habitat requires knowing where and how much …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the effectiveness of correlative ecological niche model temporal projection through floristic data

D Dolci, L Peruzzi - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Climate change is the main threat for conservation in the 21st century.
Reliable methodologies and tools for the evaluation of its impact are urgently needed …