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Juan de la Cierva researcher in the University of Málaga (Málaga, Spain) with Raimundo Real (May 2010 - )

Postdoctoral researcher in the University of Kansas (Lawrence, Kansas, USA) with A. Townsend Peterson (May 2008 - April 2010)

Associate researcher in the Azorean Biodiversity Group (University of Azores, Portugal) with Paulo. A. V. Borges

and in Jorge M. Lobo´s lab (Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid, Spain)

Departamento de Biología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Málaga, 29071 Málaga, Spain

I am interested in understanding the relative importance of environmental, biotic and contingent factors on determining geographic ranges: why species occur where they do and anywhere else? As a result, I am concern with methodological and conceptual issues of distribution predictive models, such as the meaning of probability of presence or the evaluation of the models. The sources and quantification of bias in the biological data, which may impact the results of the models, have also received part of my attention.

I am particularly interested in arthropods, mainly spiders. I also center my attention on the ecology and biogeography of the endangered Iberian spider Macrothele calpeiana.

Macrothele calpeiana and its potential distribution in the Mediterranean area (see refs. 21 & 49)

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MEDMYGALE The ecosystem watchers: Mygalomorph spiders as bioindicators for monitoring ecological changes and evolutionary potential of terrestrial ecosystems
Leaded by Miquel A. Arnedo

Study of the Mesovoid Shallow Substratum in Levante (East Spain): habitat for relict fauna and of special interest for the conservation of epigean and stenoic species
Leaded by Vicente M. Ortuño

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55. ACEVEDO, P., JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., MELO-FERREIRA, J., REAL, R. & ALVES, P.C. (2012) Parapatric species and the implications for climate change studies: a case study on hares in Europe. Global Change Biology, in press.

54. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. (2012) Insights into the area under the ROC curve (AUC) as a discrimination measure in species distribution modelling. Global Ecology and Biogeography, in press. AppS1 AppS2
53. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. (2011) Relationship between local population density and environmental suitability estimated from occurrence data. Frontiers of Biogeography, 3(2): 59-61. [invited contribution]

52. BARVE, N., BARVE, V., JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., LIRA-NORIEGA, A., MAHER, S. P., PETERSON, A. T., SOBERÓN, J. & VILLALOBOS, F. (2011) The crucial role of the accessible area in ecological niche modeling and species distribution modeling. Ecological Modelling, 222: 1810-1819.

51. ROCCHINI, D., HORTAL, J., LENGYEL, S., LOBO, J. M., JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., RICOTTA, C., BACARO, G. & CHIARUCCI, A. (2011) Uncertainty in species distribution mapping and the need for maps of ignorance. Progress in Physical Geography, 35: 211-226.

50. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., PETERSON, A. T., SOBERÓN, J., OVERTON, J., ARAGÓN, P. & LOBO, J. M. (2011) Use of niche models in invasive species risk assessments. Biological Invasions, 13: 2785-2797.

49. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., DECAE, A. & ARNEDO, M. A. (2011) Environmental suitability of new reported localities of the funnelweb spider Macrothele calpeiana: an assessment using potential distribution modelling with presence-only techniques. Journal of Biogeography, 38: 1213-1223.

48. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., LIRA-NORIEGA, A., BARVE, N., MAHER, S. P., NAKAZAWA, Y., PAPES, M., SOBERÓN, J., SUKUMARAN, J. & PETERSON, A. T. (2011) Dominant climate influences on North American birds. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 20: 114-118.

47. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. & LOBO, J. M. (2011) Tolerance Limits, Animal. In: Encyclopedia of Biological Invasions . (D. Simberloff & M. Rejmánek, editors), pp. 661-663. University of
California Press, CA. [book chapter]

46. ORTUÑO, V. M. & JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. (2011) Taxonomic notes on Trechini and description of a new hypogean species from the Iberian Peninsula (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Trechinae). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France, 47: 21-32.

45. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., LIRA-NORIEGA, A., PETERSON, A. T. & SOBERÓN, J. (2010) Marshalling existing biodiversity data to evaluate biodiversity status and trends in planning exercises. Ecological Research, 25: 947-957.

44. LOBO, J. M., JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. & HORTAL, J. (2010) The uncertain nature of absences: implications in species distribution modelling. Ecography, 33: 103-114.

43. HORTAL, J., BORGES, P. A. V., JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., AZEVEDO, E. B & SILVA, L. (2010) Assessing the areas under risk of invasion within islands through potential distribution modelling: the case of Pittosporum undulatum in São Miguel, Azores. Journal for Nature Conservation, 18: 247-257.

42. BASELGA, A., LOBO, J. M., HORTAL, J., JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. & GÓMEZ, J. F. (2010) Assessing alpha and beta taxonomy in Eupelmid wasps: determinants of the probability of describing good species and synonyms. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 48: 40-49.

41. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., BASELGA, A., MELIC, A. & TXASKO, N. (2010) Climate and regional beta-diversity gradients in spiders: dispersal capacity has nothing to say? Insect Conservation and Diversity, 3: 51-60.

40. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., NAKAZAWA, Y., LIRA-NORIEGA, A. & PETERSON, A. T. (2009) Environmental correlation structure and ecological niche model projections. Biodiversity Informatics, 6: 28-35.

39. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. (2009) Absence points of Macrothele calpeiana (Walckenaer, 1805) (Araneae, Hexathelidae) in Morocco (North Africa). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 44: 559-561.

38. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., LOBO, J. M. & HORTAL, J. (2009) The effect of prevalence and its interaction with sample size on the reliability of species distribution models. Community Ecology, 10(2): 196-205.

37. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., DINIZ, F., AZEVEDO, E. B. & BORGES, P. A. V. (2009) Species distribution models do not account for abundance: the case of arthropods in Terceira Island. Annales Zoologici Fennici, 46: 451-464.

36. PETERSON, A. T., BARVE, N., BINI, L. M., DINIZ-FILHO, J. A., JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., LIRA-NORIEGA, A., LOBO, J. M., MAHER, S., DE MARCO JÚNIOR, P., MARTÍNEZ-MEYER, E., NAKAZAWA, Y. & SOBERÓN, J. (2009) The climate envelope may not be empty. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106(16): E47. [response letter]

35. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., LOBO, J. M. & HORTAL, J. (2008) Not as good as they seem: the importance of concepts in species distribution modelling. Diversity and Distributions, 14: 885-890.

34. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., HORTAL, J., LOBO, J. M., BORGES, P. A. V., ABREU, C., AGUIAR, A. F., BOIEIRO, M., FONTINHA, S., JARDIM, R., OLIVEIRA, P., SÉRGIO, C., SERRANO, A., SIM-SIM, M., NUNES, D. & AZEVEDO, E. B. (2008) Using predictive models of species distribution to validate biodiversity data: case studies form Madeira Island. In: A list of the terrestrial fungi, flora and fauna of Madeira and Selvagens archipelagos. (P.A.V. Borges, C. Abreu, A.M.F. Aguiar, P. Carvalho, S. Fontinha, R. Jardim, I. Melo, P. Oliveira, A.R.M. Serrano & P. Vieira, editors), pp. 27-56. Direcção Regional do Ambiente da Madeira and Universidade dos Açores, Funchal and Angra do Heroísmo. [book chapter]

33. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. (2008) Arañas saltadoras, grandes cazadoras bajo la lupa [Jumping spiders, great hunters under the lens]. Quercus, 266 (April): 26-31. [divulgation] (available upon request)

32. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., GÓMEZ, J. F., LOBO, J. M., BASELGA, A. & HORTAL, J. (2008) Challenging distribution models: the case of Maculinea nausithous (Bergsträsser, 1779) in the Iberian Peninsula. Annales Zoologici Fennici, 45 (3): 200-210.

31. LOBO, J. M., JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. & REAL, R. (2008) AUC: a misleading measure of the performance of predictive distribution models. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 17: 145-151.

30. HORTAL, J., JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., GÓMEZ, J. F., LOBO, J. M. & BASELGA, A. (2008) Historical bias in biodiversity inventories affects the observed niche of the species. Oikos, 117: 847-858.

29. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. & LOBO, J. M. (2007) Determinants of local spider (Araneidae & Thomisidae) species richness on a regional scale: climate and altitude vs. habitat structure. Ecological Entomology, 32: 113-122.

28. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. & ORTUÑO, V. M. (2007) The history of endemic Iberian ground beetle description (Insecta, Coleoptera, Carabidae): which species were described first? Acta Oecologica, 31: 13-31.

27. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., ORTUÑO, V. M. & LOBO, J. M. (2007) Exploring the distribution of Sterocorax Ortuño, 1990 (Coleoptera, Carabidae) species in the Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Biogeography, 34: 1426-1438.

26. BASELGA, A., HORTAL, J., JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., GÓMEZ, J. F. & LOBO, J. M. (2007) Which leaf beetles have not yet been described? Determinants of the description of Western Palaeartic Aphthona species (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae). Biodiversity and Conservation, 16(5): 1409-1421.

25. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. & LOBO, J. M. (2007) Threshold criteria for conversion of probability of species presence to either-or presence-absence. Acta Oecologica, 31: 361-369. [Most cited AcO article]

24. HORTAL, J., LOBO, J. M. & JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. (2007) Limitations of biodiversity databases: Case study on seed-plant diversity in Tenerife, Canary Islands. Conservation Biology, 21: 853-863.

23. BASELGA, A. & JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. (2007) Environmental and spatial determinants of beta diversity of leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) in the Iberian Peninsula. Ecological Entomology, 32: 312-318.

22. LOBO, J. M., BASELGA, A., HORTAL, J., JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. & GÓMEZ, J. F. (2007) How does the knowledge about the spatial distribution of Iberian dung beetle species accumulates over time? Diversity and Distributions, 13(6): 772-780.

21. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. & LOBO, J. M. (2007) Potential distribution of the endangered spider Macrothele calpeiana (Walckenaer, 1805) (Araneae, Hexathelidae) and the impact of climate warming. Acta Zoologica Sinica, 53: 865-876.

20. BASELGA, A., JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. & NICCOLINI, G. (2007) A multiple-site similarity measure independent of richness. Biology Letters, 3:642-645. [R script ]

19. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., GARCÍA-DÍEZ, T. & BOGAERTS, S. (2007) First records of the endangered spider Macrothele calpeiana (Walckenaer, 1805) (Hexathelidae) in Portugal. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 41: 445-446.

18. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., JIMÉNEZ MENDOZA, S., MARTÍN CANO, J. & MUNGUIRA, M. L. (2006) Comparing relative model fit of species accumulation models to local Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea butterfly inventories of Mediterranean habitats. Biodiversity and Conservation, 15: 177-190.

17. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., BARRIGA BERNAL, J. C. & MORENO, A. G. (2006) A new Parachtes Alicata, 1964 species from the Iberian Peninsula (Araneae, Dysderidae). Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, 13(7): 273-274.

16. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., LOBO, J. M. & LÓPEZ MARTOS, M. L. (2006) Listado de especies actualizado de los araneidos y tomísidos (Araneae, Araneidae & Thomisidae) de la Comunidad de Madrid (España central): mapas de distribución conocida, potencial y patrones de riqueza. Graellsia, 62: 461-481.

15. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. & LOBO, J. M. (2006) Establishing reliable sampling protocols for spider (Araneae, Araneidae & Thomisidae) assemblages: estimation of species richness, seasonal coverage and effect of juvelines on species richness and composition. Acta Oecologica, 30: 21-32.

14. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. & LOBO, J. M. (2006) The ghost of unbalanced species distribution data in geographic predictive models. Diversity and Distributions, 12: 521-524.

13. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. & LOBO, J. M. (2006) Distribution determinants of endangered Iberian spider Macrothele calpeiana (Araneae, Hexathelidae). Environmental Entomology, 35(6): 1491-1499.

12. BARRIGA, J. C., JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., MORANO, E., MORENO, A. G. & MELIC, A. (2006) Arañas de la provincia de Ciudad Real (Arachnida: Araneae) (Castilla La Mancha, España). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, 13: 125-142.

11. HORTAL, J., BORGES, P. A. V., DINIS, F., JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., CHEFAOUI, R. M., LOBO, J. M., JARROCA, S., BRITO DE AZEVEDO, E., RODRIGUES, C., MADRUGA, J., PINHEIRO, J., GABRIEL, R., COTA RODRIGUES, F. & PEREIRA, A. R. (2005) Using ATLANTIS - Tierra 2.0 and GIS environmental information to predict the spatial distribution and habitat suitability of endemic species. In: A list of the terrestrial fauna (Gastropoda and Arthropoda) and flora (Bryophytes and Vascular Plants) from the Azores (P. A. V. Borges, R. Cunha, R. Gabriel, A. F. Martins, L. Silva & V. Vieira, editors), pp. 69-113. Direcção Regional de Ambiente e do Mar dos Açores, Horta, Faial. [book chapter]

10. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. & LOBO, J. M. (2005) Determining a combined sampling procedure for a reliable estimation of Araneidae and Thomisidae assemblages (Arachnida: Araneae). Journal of Arachnology, 33: 33-42.

9. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. & WESALOWSKA, W. (2005) Synageles albotrimaculatus (Lucas, 1846) (Araneae, Salticidae), a spider species new to Spain. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society, 13(4): 122-124.

8. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. (2005) Contribución al conocimiento de los saltícidos (Araneae, Salticidae) de la Comunidad de Madrid (España Central). Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa, 37: 289-296.

7. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., MARTÍN CANO, J. & MUNGUIRA, M. L. (2004) Patrones de diversidad de la fauna de mariposas del Parque Nacional de Cabañeros y su entorno (Ciudad Real, España central) (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Hesperioidea). Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 27 (2): 15-24.

6. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. & LOBO, J. M. (2004) Un método sencillo para seleccionar puntos de muestreo con el objeto de inventariar taxones hiperdiversos: el caso práctico de las familias Araneidae y Thomisidae (Araneae) en la Comunidad de Madrid (España). Ecología, 18: 297-308.

5. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., BARRIGA BERNAL, J. C. & MORANO, E. (2004) Datos interesantes sobre la distribución de Araniella opisthographa (Kulczynski, 1905) y A. inconspicua (Simon, 1874) (Araneae: Araneidae) en la Península Ibérica. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, 9: 269-270.

4. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. & LÓPEZ-COLÓN, J. I. (2003) Primera cita de Menemerus taeniatus (Koch, L., 1867) (Araneae: Salticidae) para España. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, 7: 175-176.

3. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. & HORTAL, J. (2003) Las curvas de acumulación de especies y la necesidad de evaluar la calidad de los inventarios biológicos. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, 8: 151-161.

2. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A., MARTÍN CANO, J. & MUNGUIRA, M. L. (2002) Fauna de mariposas del Parque Nacional de Cabañeros y su entorno (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea, Hesperioidea). SHILAP, Revista de lepidopterología, 30 (120): 271-279.

1. JIMÉNEZ-VALVERDE, A. (2002) Presencia en la Comunidad de Madrid (España central) del endemismo ibérico Ozyptila umbraculorum Simon, 1832 (Araneae, Thomisidae). Revista Ibérica de Aracnología, 6: 225-227.

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