User profiles for V. Zizka

Vera MA Zizka

Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Centre for Biodiversity Monitoring
Verified email at leibniz-zfmk.de
Cited by 1299

The BABAR detector

…, TF Weber, WA Wenzel, G Zizka… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2002 - Elsevier
BABAR, the detector for the SLAC PEP-II asymmetric e + e − B Factory operating at the ϒ(4S)
resonance, was designed to allow comprehensive studies of CP-violation in B-meson …

[HTML][HTML] Emerging technologies revolutionise insect ecology and monitoring

…, GF Tschan, J Wäldchen, VMA Zizka… - Trends in ecology & …, 2022 - cell.com
Insects are the most diverse group of animals on Earth, but their small size and high diversity
have always made them challenging to study. Recent technological advances have the …

[HTML][HTML] The Andes through time: evolution and distribution of Andean floras

OA Pérez-Escobar, A Zizka, MA Bermúdez… - Trends in Plant …, 2022 - cell.com
The Andes are the world's most biodiverse mountain chain, encompassing a complex array
of ecosystems from tropical rainforests to alpine habitats. We provide a synthesis of Andean …

CoordinateCleaner: Standardized cleaning of occurrence records from biological collection databases

A Zizka, D Silvestro, T Andermann… - Methods in Ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Species occurrence records from online databases are an indispensable resource in
ecological, biogeographical and palaeontological research. However, issues with data quality, …

Phylogeny, adaptive radiation, and historical biogeography in Bromeliaceae: insights from an eight‐locus plastid phylogeny

…, BK Holst, H Luther, W Till, G Zizka… - American journal of …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
• Premise: Bromeliaceae form a large, ecologically diverse family of angiosperms native to
the New World. We use a bromeliad phylogeny based on eight plastid regions to analyze …

Amazonia is the primary source of Neotropical biodiversity

A Antonelli, A Zizka, FA Carvalho… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
The American tropics (the Neotropics) are the most species-rich realm on Earth, and for
centuries, scientists have attempted to understand the origins and evolution of their biodiversity. …

Adaptive radiation, correlated and contingent evolution, and net species diversification in Bromeliaceae

…, TM Evans, BK Holst, H Luther, W Till, G Zizka… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2014 - Elsevier
We present an integrative model predicting associations among epiphytism, the tank habit,
entangling seeds, C 3 vs. CAM photosynthesis, avian pollinators, life in fertile, moist montane …

Estimating species diversity and distribution in the era of B ig D ata: to what extent can we trust public databases?

C Maldonado, CI Molina, A Zizka… - Global Ecology and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Massive digitalization of natural history collections is now leading to a steep
accumulation of publicly available species distribution data. However, taxonomic errors and …

Employability skills for 21st-century STEM students: the employers' perspective

D McGunagle, L Zizka - Higher education, skills and work-based …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose One of the goals of educational institutions is to prepare their graduates to be
workplace-ready. The purpose of this paper is to identify the employability skills lacking in the …

ATLAS pixel detector: Technical design report

…, O Milgrome, N Palaio, F Pengg, J Richardson, G Zizka… - 1998 - hal.in2p3.fr
Zizka , M. Ackers , G. Comes , P. … Zizka