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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
59
Citations
39979
World Ranking
2350
National Ranking
832

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Jorge Soberón is affiliated with the University of Kansas in the United States and has a research focus spanning various aspects of environmental science and biological sciences. Their work prominently addresses ecological modeling, species distribution, and conservation topics, integrating data-driven methods to understand biodiversity and ecological patterns.

The main fields of study for this scientist include Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these, their research includes subfields such as Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Insect Science.

The topics most extensively covered in their publications are:

  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Plant and Animal Studies
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management

Soberón's recent papers include the following:

  • "ntbox: An r package with graphical user interface for modelling and evaluating multidimensional ecological niches" (2020), published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Leaving the area under the receiving operating characteristic curve behind: An evaluation method for species distribution modelling applications based on presence-only data" (2020), published in Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • "Geographic potential of the world's largest hornet, Vespa mandarinia Smith (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), worldwide and particularly in North America" (2021), published in PeerJ
  • "Optimizing biodiversity informatics to improve information flow, data quality, and utility for science and society" (2020), published in Frontiers of Biogeography
  • "Well-intentioned initiatives hinder understanding biodiversity conservation: Cloaked iNaturalist information for threatened species" (2023), published in Biological Conservation

The scientist frequently publishes in the following venues:

  • Biodiversity Informatics
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Methods in Ecology and Evolution
  • PeerJ
  • Frontiers of Biogeography

Collaborations are a consistent feature of their research. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Luis Osorio-Olvera
  • A. Townsend Peterson
  • Claudia Nuñez-Penichet
  • Marlon E. Cobos
  • Laura Jiménez

In 2018, Jorge Soberón was recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. This distinction reflects engagement with the broader scientific community.

Best Publications

  • Novel methods improve prediction of species' distributions from occurrence data

    Jane Elith;Catherine H. Graham;Robert P. Anderson;Miroslav Dudík

  • INTERPRETATION OF MODELS OF FUNDAMENTAL ECOLOGICAL NICHES AND SPECIES' DISTRIBUTIONAL AREAS

    Jorge Soberón;A. Townsend Peterson

  • Ecological Niches and Geographic Distributions (MPB-49)

    A. Townsend Peterson;Jorge Soberón;Richard G. Pearson;Robert P. Anderson

  • Grinnellian and Eltonian niches and geographic distributions of species.

    Jorge Soberón

  • 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

  • Rethinking receiver operating characteristic analysis applications in ecological niche modeling

    A. Townsend Peterson;Monica Papeş;Jorge Soberón

  • Conservatism of Ecological Niches in Evolutionary Time

    A. T. Peterson;J. Soberón;V. Sánchez-Cordero

  • Ecological Niches and Geographic Distributions

    AT Peterson;J Soberon;RG Pearson;RP Anderson

  • Niches and distributional areas: Concepts, methods, and assumptions

    Jorge Soberón;Miguel Nakamura

  • Future projections for Mexican faunas under global climate change scenarios

    A. Townsend Peterson;Miguel A. Ortega-Huerta;Jeremy Bartley;Victor Sánchez-Cordero

  • Use of niche models in invasive species risk assessments.

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

  • Species Distribution Modeling and Ecological Niche Modeling: Getting the Concepts Right

    A. Townsend Peterson;Jorge Soberón

  • Constraints on interpretation of ecological niche models by limited environmental ranges on calibration areas

    Hannah L. Owens;Lindsay P. Campbell;L. Lynnette Dornak;Erin E. Saupe

  • Biodiversity informatics: managing and applying primary biodiversity data

    Jorge Soberon;A. Townsend Peterson

  • No silver bullets in correlative ecological niche modelling: insights from testing among many potential algorithms for niche estimation

    Huijie Qiao;Jorge Soberón;Andrew Townsend Peterson

  • Niche and area of distribution modeling: a population ecology perspective

    Jorge M. Soberón

  • Global Mammal Conservation: What Must We Manage?

    Gerardo Ceballos;Gerardo Ceballos;Paul R. Ehrlich;Paul R. Ehrlich;Jorge Soberón;Jorge Soberón;Irma Salazar;Irma Salazar

  • Patterns and causes of species richness: a general simulation model for macroecology

    Nicholas J. Gotelli;Marti J. Anderson;Hector T. Arita;Anne Chao

  • ntbox: An r package with graphical user interface for modelling and evaluating multidimensional ecological niches

    Luis Osorio-Olvera;Luis Osorio-Olvera;Andrés Lira-Noriega;Jorge Soberón;Andrew Townsend Peterson

  • Effects of global climate change on geographic distributions of Mexican Cracidae

    A.Townsend Peterson;Victor Sánchez-Cordero;Jorge Soberón;Jeremy Bartley

  • Constraints on Interpretation of Ecological Niche Models by Limited Environmental Ranges on Calibration Areas: Software Script Appendix

    Hannah L. Owens;Lindsay P. Campbell;Laura Lynnette Dornak;Erin E. Saupe

Frequent Co-Authors

A. Townsend Peterson
A. Townsend Peterson University of Kansas
Héctor T. Arita
Héctor T. Arita National Autonomous University of Mexico
Alberto Jiménez-Valverde
Alberto Jiménez-Valverde University of Alcalá
Rodolfo Dirzo
Rodolfo Dirzo Stanford University
Exequiel Ezcurra
Exequiel Ezcurra University of California, Riverside
Enrique Martínez-Meyer
Enrique Martínez-Meyer National Autonomous University of Mexico
Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza
Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza National Autonomous University of Mexico
Víctor Sánchez-Cordero
Víctor Sánchez-Cordero National Autonomous University of Mexico
Rodrigo A. Medellín
Rodrigo A. Medellín National Autonomous University of Mexico
Allison A. Snow
Allison A. Snow The Ohio State University

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