Laura J. Pollock

Where Climate Change and Sampling Bias Collide: Challenges of Predicting Biodiversity Change in Canada

The paper evaluates bias-correction methods for species distribution models using OCR validation on Canadian terrestrial vertebrates, finding improved performance against independent data but large richness discrepancies and reduced future projection variation due to climate shifts.

Tracking community change via network coherence

This paper introduces Ecological Coherence (EC) and Ecological Network Coherence (ENC) to analyze how species co-responses to environmental changes are structured and how they predict ecological instability.

Tempo and mode of diversification of the red devil spiders (Araneae: Dysderidae) of the Canary Islands

This study investigates the diversification mode and evolutionary drivers of red devil spiders in the Canary Islands, finding an early burst of diversification and trophic specialization as key factors.

Global connectivity and networks of marine reserves

The paper identifies ecologically connected marine reserve networks and evaluates their socio-economic characteristics, finding that some networks span multiple countries with diverse economic and cultural backgrounds.