Michael Harfoot

The paper identifies global vertebrate conservation hotspots using data from 33,604 terrestrial vertebrate species, finding 13% of Earth's surface qualifies as priority areas.

Benchmarking GPT-4o and Gemini 1.5 Pro across five closed-book ecological tasks shows solid coarse species presence and trait recall but poor fine-scale range mapping and threat classification.

The paper predicts vertical foraging niches in mammals and birds using functional traits, phylogeny, and predation risk, revealing strong associations with diet, body mass, and geographic patterns.