A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins

Akito Y. Kawahara, Caroline Storer, Ana Paula S. Carvalho, +85

Nature Ecology & Evolution

BiologyBiodiversityMolecular Evolutionary EcologyBiogeographic OriginsPhylogenetics +13

A protocol for reproducible functional diversity analyses

Facundo X. Palacio, Corey T. Callaghan, Pedro Cardoso, +7

Ecography

EngineeringGeneticsNatural DiversityEndangered Species BiologySpecies Traits +20

LepTraits 1.0 A globally comprehensive dataset of butterfly traits

Vaughn Shirey, Elise A. Larsen, Andra Doherty, +15

Scientific Data

A complete inventory of North American butterfly occurrence data: narrowing data gaps, but increasing bias

Vaughn Shirey, Michael W. Belitz, Vijay Barve, +1

Ecography

Complete InventoryBiodiversityBiodiversity LossEngineeringNarrowing Data Gaps +11

Responses from bees, butterflies, and ground beetles to different fire and site characteristics: A global meta-analysis

Stephen C. Mason, Vaughn Shirey, Lauren C. Ponisio, +1

Biological Conservation

Insect Social BehaviorBiodiversityEngineeringDifferent FireInsect Conservation +9

Phenological research based on natural history collections: Practical guidelines and a lepidopteran case study

Michael W. Belitz, Elise A. Larsen, Vaughn Shirey, +2

Functional Ecology

Terrestrial ArthropodBiodiversityInsect ConservationEvolutionary BiologyNatural History +11

iNaturalist accelerates biodiversity research

Brittany M. Mason, Thomas Mesaglio, Jackson Barratt Heitmann, +13

BioScience

Occupancy–detection models with museum specimen data: Promise and pitfalls

Vaughn Shirey, Rassim Khelifa, Leithen K. M’Gonigle, +1

Methods in Ecology and Evolution

BiodiversityOccupancy–detection ModelsImage AnalysisMachine VisionData Science +9

Current GBIF occurrence data demonstrates both promise and limitations for potential red listing of spiders

Vaughn Shirey, Sini Seppälä, Vasco Veiga Branco, +1

Biodiversity Data Journal

Biodiversity LossEngineeringConservation AssessmentsEntomologyArthropod Taxonomy +15

Drivers of arthropod biodiversity in an urban ecosystem

Jayme M. M. Lewthwaite, Teagan Baiotto, Brian V. Brown, +10

Scientific Reports