Researchers at MO Seema Nayan Sheth Research Scientist, Conservation, Ecology, and Evolution Center for Conservation and Sustainable Development Missouri Botanical Garden P.O. Box 299 St. Louis, MO 63166-0299 USA office phone: + 1-314-577-9504 fax: + 1-314-577-9596 email: seema.sheth@mobot.org M.S., University of Missouri – St. Louis, 2006 B.A., Washington University in St. Louis, 2002 Seema at Parque Nacional Cajas (Ecuador) General Research Interests Ecology and evolution of geographic ranges Spatial patterns of diversity Macroecology Tropical ecology and conservation biology Research Emphases Understanding the determinants of the geographic distributions of taxa Uncovering the effects of spatial variation in sampling effort and inter-specific variation in detectability on estimates of geographic range size Disentangling phylogenetic patterns of extinction risk Understanding the relationship between niche characteristics and the performance of species distribution models Selected Publications Sheth, S.N., L.G. Lohmann, T. Consiglio, and I. Jiménez. 2008. Effects of detectability on estimates of geographic range size in Bignonieae. Conservation Biology 22: 200-211. This page was created 02/26/08.