Tag Archives: niche modelling

Models matter when linking genetic diversity to niche model predictions

Posted on 13 Aug, 2015 by Rob Denton

Ecological niche models and the methods to create them continue to evolve. These techniques provide a tidy way to relate the distributions of taxa to environmental variables from the present, past, or future. Oh, and they are pretty too: Those pretty … Continue reading →

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Polyploidy can melt the frozen niche

Posted on 6 May, 2015 by Rob Denton

The rabbit hole of asexual reproduction literature is full of weird detours in the evolution of life. There are asexual lineages that facultatively have sex, asexuals that still need sperm from other species,  and asexuals that steal sperm from other species, … Continue reading →

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