Brian Maitner

Flexible Methods for Species Distribution Modeling with Small Samples

For species with 20 or fewer occurrence records, 24 of 31 species distribution models had AUC distributions not significantly different from Maxnet's; vote-counting ensembles give upper and lower range bounds.

Challenges and opportunities in detecting leaf water and carotenoid content across biomes from satellite multispectral indices

This study evaluates the sensitivity of multispectral vegetation indices to leaf water and carotenoid content across biomes and finds that leaf area index explains most of the variability.

Amazon biodiversity is at risk from metal contamination due to mining activity

The paper quantifies metal contamination exposure across Amazon biodiversity, finding 66% of species are exposed to mining-associated metals.

Geographic Name Resolution Service: A tool for the standardization and indexing of world political division names, with applications to species distribution modeling

The paper introduces GNRS, a tool that standardizes and indexes political division names to improve georeferencing accuracy in species distribution modeling.