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A. Townsend Peterson
Researcher at University of Kansas
Publications - 547
Citations - 58980
A. Townsend Peterson is an academic researcher from University of Kansas. The author has contributed to research in topics: Environmental niche modelling & Ecological niche. The author has an hindex of 91, co-authored 521 publications receiving 51524 citations. Previous affiliations of A. Townsend Peterson include California Academy of Sciences & University of Chicago.
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Ecological Niche and Geographic Distribution of Human Monkeypox in Africa
Rebecca S. Levine,A. Townsend Peterson,Krista L. Yorita,Darin S. Carroll,Inger K. Damon,Mary G. Reynolds +5 more
TL;DR: The model suggests that the distinct phylogenetic lineages of monkeypox in West Africa and Central Africa occupy similar ecological niches and should support ongoing epidemiologic and ecological studies, as well as help to guide public health intervention strategies to areas at highest risk for human monkeypox.
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Interglacial microrefugia and diversification of a cactus species complex: phylogeography and palaeodistributional reconstructions for Pilosocereus aurisetus and allies.
Isabel A. S. Bonatelli,Manolo F. Perez,A. Townsend Peterson,Nigel P. Taylor,Nigel P. Taylor,Daniela C. Zappi,Marlon C. Machado,Ingrid Koch,Adriana Helena Catojo Pires,Evandro M. Moraes +9 more
TL;DR: Diversification and demographic events appear to have been affected by the Quaternary climatic cycles as a result of isolation in multiple patches of xerophytic vegetation, and these small patches presently harbouring P. aurisetus populations seem to operate as microrefugia, both at present and during Pleistocene interglacial periods.
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Preliminary distributional analysis of US endangered bird species
TL;DR: A first exploration of applications of ecological niche modeling and geographic distributional prediction to endangered species protection is developed, and application of this methodology to additional taxa and regions holds promise for diverse conservation applications.
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An evaluation of transferability of ecological niche models
Huijie Qiao,Xiao Feng,Luis E. Escobar,A. Townsend Peterson,Jorge Soberón,Gengping Zhu,Gengping Zhu,Monica Papeş +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluated transferability of models produced using 11 ENM algorithms from the perspective of interpolation and extrapolation in a virtual species framework and defined fundamental niches and potential distributions of 16 virtual species distributed across Eurasia.
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Evolution of seasonal ecological niches in the Passerina buntings (Aves: Cardinalidae).
TL;DR: An analysis of phylogenetic dimensions of seasonal niches in the Passerina buntings is presented that indicates greater evolutionary change in the niches of breeding populations than among those of wintering populations, consistent with hypotheses of niche conservatism (in winter, at least) across a recently speciated lineage.