A. Townsend Peterson

TL;DR: This study revealed contributions of different environmental factors to mycetoma infection risk, identified suitable environments and regions for transmission, signaled a potential myCetoma-Acacia association, and provided steps towards a robust risk map for the disease.

TL;DR: This is the publisher's version, also available electronically from http://biostor.org/reference/347.

TL;DR: This work analyzed distributions of 386 species on 28 Philippine islands and island groups, documenting intense concentration of species richness, especially of endemic species, on the two largest islands, Mindanao and Luzon, and compared with the existing Integrated Protected Areas system.

TL;DR: Bat species and rabies viruses share similar niches, and the models had significant predictive power even across unsampled regions; results suggest that outbreaks may occur under consistent, stable, and predictable circumstances.

TL;DR: This work sees the worldwide scope and importance of biodiversity informatics as addressing five major, global goals: mobilize existing knowledge; share this knowledge and the experience of its myriad deployments globally; avoid ‘siloing’ and reinventing the tools of knowledge deployment; tackle biodiversity informatic challenges at appropriate scales; and seek solutions to difficult challenges that are strategic.