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Niels Raes is affiliated with the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands. Their primary research focus lies within Environmental Science, with a considerable number of publications contributing to this field. They have specialized subfields including Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics, with notable emphasis on Species Distribution and Climate Change. Additional areas of research include Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones, Plant and Animal Studies, and Marine and Environmental Studies.

Niels Raes has contributed frequently to several publication venues, which include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • F1000Research
  • Biodiversity Data Journal
  • Research Ideas and Outcomes
  • Nature

Their recent scientific papers illustrate a focus on biodiversity and climate impact topics. These papers include:

  • New Guinea has the world's richest island flora, 2020, Nature
  • 30% land conservation and climate action reduces tropical extinction risk by more than 50%, 2020, Ecography
  • Climate change threatens native potential agroforestry plant species in Brazil, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Climate change induced elevational range shifts of Himalayan tree species, 2022, Biotropica
  • Temperature and soils predict the distribution of plant species along the Himalayan elevational gradient, 2021, Journal of Tropical Ecology

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Frank P. Wesselingh
  • Robert M. Waterhouse
  • Aleksandre Gogaladze
  • Mikhail O. Son
  • Matteo Lattuada

Best Publications

  • Minimum required number of specimen records to develop accurate species distribution models

    A.S.J. van Proosdij;M.S.M. Sosef;J.J. Wieringa;N. Raes

  • A null‐model for significance testing of presence‐only species distribution models

    Niels Raes;Hans ter Steege

  • Environmental correlates of tree biomass, basal area, wood specific gravity and stem density gradients in Borneo's tropical forests

    J.W.F. Slik;Shin Ichiro Aiba;Francis Q. Brearley;Chuck H. Cannon;Chuck H. Cannon

  • Fit-for-purpose: species distribution model performance depends on evaluation criteria - Dutch Hoverflies as a case study.

    Jesús Aguirre-Gutiérrez;Jesús Aguirre-Gutiérrez;Luísa G. Carvalheiro;Luísa G. Carvalheiro;Chiara Polce;E. Emiel van Loon

  • Botanical richness and endemicity patterns of Borneo derived from species distribution models

    Niels Raes;Marco C. Roos;J. W. Ferry Slik;E. Emiel Van Loon

  • Species distribution modelling: Contrasting presence-only models with plot abundance data

    Vitor H.F. Gomes;Vitor H.F. Gomes;Stéphanie D. Ijff;Niels Raes;Iêda Leão Amaral

  • Using species distribution modeling to improve conservation and land use planning of Yunnan, China

    Ming-Gang Zhang;Ming-Gang Zhang;Zhe-Kun Zhou;Zhe-Kun Zhou;Wen-Yun Chen;J.W. Ferry Slik

  • New Guinea has the world’s richest island flora

    Rodrigo Cámara-Leret;Rodrigo Cámara-Leret;David G. Frodin;Frits Adema;Christiane Anderson

  • 30% land conservation and climate action reduces tropical extinction risk by more than 50%

    Lee Hannah;Patrick R. Roehrdanz;Pablo A. Marquet;Brian J. Enquist;Brian J. Enquist

  • Environmental correlates for tropical tree diversity and distribution patterns in Borneo

    J.W.F. Slik;N. Raes;Shin-Ichiro Aiba;F.Q. Brearley

  • Historical distribution of Sundaland’s Dipterocarp rainforests at Quaternary glacial maxima

    Niels Raes;Charles H. Cannon;Charles H. Cannon;Robert J. Hijmans;Thomas Piessens

  • Global legume diversity assessment: Concepts, key indicators, and strategies

    Tetsukazu Yahara;Firouzeh Javadi;Yusuke Onoda;Luciano Paganucci de Queiroz

  • Similar but not equivalent: ecological niche comparison across closely–related Mexican white pines

    Jesús Aguirre‐Gutiérrez;Jesús Aguirre‐Gutiérrez;Héctor M. Serna‐Chavez;Alma R. Villalobos‐Arambula;Jorge A. Pérez de la Rosa

  • Spatial patterns of carbon, biodiversity, deforestation threat, and REDD+ projects in Indonesia

    Josil P. Murray;Richard Grenyer;Sven Wunder;Niels Raes

  • Soils on exposed Sunda Shelf shaped biogeographic patterns in the equatorial forests of Southeast Asia

    J. W. Ferry Slik;Shin-Ichiro Aiba;Meredith Bastian;Meredith Bastian;Francis Q. Brearley

  • Prioritizing West African medicinal plants for conservation and sustainable extraction studies based on market surveys and species distribution models

    T.R. van Andel;S. Croft;E.E. van Loon;D. Quiroz;D. Quiroz

  • Major declines of woody plant species ranges under climate change in Yunnan, China

    Ming-Gang Zhang;Ming-Gang Zhang;Zhe-Kun Zhou;Zhe-Kun Zhou;Wen-Yun Chen;Charles H. Cannon;Charles H. Cannon

  • Climate change threatens New Guinea’s biocultural heritage

    R. Cámara-Leret;R. Cámara-Leret;N. Raes;P. Roehrdanz;P. Roehrdanz;Y. De Fretes

  • Simulating climate change impacts on forests and associated vascular epiphytes in a subtropical island of East Asia

    Rebecca C.-C. Hsu;Wil L. M. Tamis;Niels Raes;Geert R. de Snoo

  • The Contribution of DNA Metabarcoding to Fungal Conservation: Diversity Assessment, Habitat Partitioning and Mapping Red-Listed Fungi in Protected Coastal Salix repens Communities in the Netherlands

    József Geml;József Geml;Barbara Gravendeel;Barbara Gravendeel;Barbara Gravendeel;Kristiaan J. van der Gaag;Manon Neilen

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles H. Cannon
Charles H. Cannon Morton Arboretum
Barbara Gravendeel
Barbara Gravendeel Leiden University
Frank P. Wesselingh
Frank P. Wesselingh Naturalis Biodiversity Center
J. W. Ferry Slik
J. W. Ferry Slik Universiti Brunei Darussalam
Jacobus C. Biesmeijer
Jacobus C. Biesmeijer Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Erik Meijaard
Erik Meijaard University of Queensland
Thomas Wilke
Thomas Wilke University of Giessen
Francis Q. Brearley
Francis Q. Brearley Manchester Metropolitan University
Shin-ichiro Aiba
Shin-ichiro Aiba Hokkaido University
Douglas Sheil
Douglas Sheil Wageningen University & Research

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