Climate change is among the key anthropogenic factors affecting species' distribution, with
important consequences for conservation. However, little is known concerning the …

Biological invasions represent some of the most severe threats to local communities and
ecosystems. Among invasive species, the vector-borne pathogen Xylella fastidiosa is …

Citizen science initiatives have been increasingly used by researchers as a source of
occurrence data to model the distribution of alien species. Since citizen science presence …

Understanding what determines range expansion or extinction is crucial to predict the
success of biological invaders. We tackled this long-standing question from an unparalleled …

Recent growth of investments in wind energy and power industries has increased concerns
about the associated adverse impacts on wildlife. In particular, flying vertebrates are …

Artificial light at night (ALAN) is a pervasive form of pollution largely affecting wildlife, from
individual behaviour to community structure and dynamics. As nocturnal mammals, bats are …

This research aims to establish the possible habitat suitability of Heracleum sosnowskyi
(HS), one of the most aggressive invasive plants, in current and future climate conditions …

During the glacial episodes of the Quaternary, European forests were restricted to small
favourable spots, namely refugia, acting as biodiversity reservoirs. the Iberian, Italian and …

Biotic interactions play an important role in species distribution models, whose ignorance
may cause an overestimation of species' potential distributions. Species of the family …

In recent decades, a rapid range expansion of the golden jackal (Canis aureus) towards
Northern and Western Europe has been observed. The golden jackal is a medium‐sized …