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Alberto Jiménez-Valverde

Alberto Jiménez-Valverde

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
38
Citations
16257
World Ranking
6498
National Ranking
221

Overview

Alberto Jiménez-Valverde is a researcher affiliated with the University of Alcalá in Spain, specializing in environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, notably ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, ecological modeling, genetics, paleontology, and ecology.

Their research topics primarily focus on species distribution and climate change, subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy, genetic diversity and population structure, collembola taxonomy and ecology studies, ecology and vegetation dynamics, bryophyte studies and records, and amphibian and reptile biology.

Jiménez-Valverde has contributed papers to a variety of scientific journals, including the European Journal of Taxonomy, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Zoology, Biodiversity and Conservation, and Ecosistemas. Their recent publications include:

  • Sample size for the evaluation of presence-absence models (2020, Ecological Indicators)
  • Deconstructing the abundance-suitability relationship in species distribution modelling (2020, Global Ecology and Biogeography)
  • Prevalence affects the evaluation of discrimination capacity in presence-absence species distribution models (2021, Biodiversity and Conservation)

Among frequent co-authors are Alberto Sendra, Jesús Selfa, Vicente M. Ortuño, Alba Sánchez-García, and Pedro Aragón, indicating collaboration with researchers engaged in related biological and ecological fields.

Their body of work demonstrates an emphasis on modeling ecological phenomena, investigating species distributions in relation to environmental variables, and exploring patterns of subterranean biodiversity. This includes studies on the ecological dynamics of species presence and abundance, as well as the evaluation and refinement of methodological approaches in species distribution modeling.

Published work also covers broader ecological and biogeographical assessments, as well as specific taxonomic studies, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach within environmental and biological sciences.

Best Publications

  • AUC: a misleading measure of the performance of predictive distribution models

    Jorge M. Lobo;Alberto Jiménez-Valverde;Raimundo Real

  • The crucial role of the accessible area in ecological niche modeling and species distribution modeling

    Narayani Barve;Vijay Barve;Alberto Jiménez-Valverde;Andrés Lira-Noriega

  • Threshold criteria for conversion of probability of species presence to either–or presence–absence

    Alberto Jiménez-Valverde;Jorge M. Lobo

  • Use of niche models in invasive species risk assessments.

    A. Jiménez-Valverde;A. Jiménez-Valverde;A. T. Peterson;J. Soberón;J. M. Overton

  • Insights into the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC) as a discrimination measure in species distribution modelling

    Alberto Jiménez-Valverde

  • Not as good as they seem: the importance of concepts in species distribution modelling

    Alberto Jiménez-Valverde;Jorge M. Lobo;Joaquín Hortal

  • Las curvas de acumulacion de especies y la necesidad de evaluar los inventarios biologicos

    A Jimenez-Valverde

  • The uncertain nature of absences and their importance in species distribution modelling

    Jorge M. Lobo;Alberto Jiménez-Valverde;Joaquín Hortal

  • Accounting for uncertainty when mapping species distributions: The need for maps of ignorance

    Duccio Rocchini;Joaquín Hortal;Szabolcs Lengyel;Jorge M. Lobo

  • Historical bias in biodiversity inventories affects the observed environmental niche of the species

    Joaquín Hortal;Alberto Jiménez‐Valverde;José F. Gómez;Jorge M. Lobo

  • Las curvas de acumulación de especies y la necesidad de evaluar la calidad de los inventarios biológicos

    Alberto Jiménez-Valverde;Joaquín Hortal

  • Limitations of Biodiversity Databases: Case Study on Seed‐Plant Diversity in Tenerife, Canary Islands

    Joaquín Hortal;Joaquín Hortal;Joaquín Hortal;Jorge M. Lobo;Alberto Jiménez‐Valverde

  • A multiple-site similarity measure independent of richness

    Andrés Baselga;Alberto Jiménez-Valverde;Gilles Niccolini

  • Delimiting the geographical background in species distribution modelling

    Pelayo Acevedo;Pelayo Acevedo;Pelayo Acevedo;Alberto Jiménez-Valverde;Jorge M. Lobo;Raimundo Real

  • Using ATLANTIS-Tierra 2.0 and GIS environmental information to predict the spatial distribution and habitat suitability of endemic species

    Joaquín Hortal;Paulo Av Borges;Francisco Dinis;Alberto Jiménez-Valverde

  • Discrimination capacity in species distribution models depends on the representativeness of the environmental domain

    Alberto Jiménez-Valverde;Pelayo Acevedo;Pelayo Acevedo;A. Márcia Barbosa;A. Márcia Barbosa;Jorge M. Lobo

  • Determinants of local spider (Araneidae and Thomisidae) species richness on a regional scale: climate and altitude vs. habitat structure

    Alberto Jiménez‐Valverde;Jorge M. Lobo

  • The ghost of unbalanced species distribution data in geographical model predictions

    A. Jiménez‐Valverde;J. M. Lobo

  • The effect of prevalence and its interaction with sample size on the reliability of species distribution models

    A. Jiménez-Valverde;J. M. Lobo;J. Hortal

  • Threshold-dependence as a desirable attribute for discrimination assessment: implications for the evaluation of species distribution models

    Alberto Jiménez-Valverde

Frequent Co-Authors

Jorge M. Lobo
Jorge M. Lobo Spanish National Research Council
Joaquín Hortal
Joaquín Hortal Spanish National Research Council
Pelayo Acevedo
Pelayo Acevedo University of Castilla-La Mancha
Andrés Baselga
Andrés Baselga University of Santiago de Compostela
A. Townsend Peterson
A. Townsend Peterson University of Kansas
Raimundo Real
Raimundo Real University of Malaga
Jorge Soberón
Jorge Soberón University of Kansas
Paulo A. V. Borges
Paulo A. V. Borges University of the Azores
Patrick S. Fitze
Patrick S. Fitze Spanish National Research Council
Paulo C. Alves
Paulo C. Alves University of Porto

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