FSC is a worldwide recognized forest certification scheme, that aims to promote the
environmentally responsible management and conservation of the world's forests. Despite …

Reliable information about wildlife is absolutely important for making informed management
decisions. The issues with the effectiveness of the control and monitoring of both large and …

Abstract The National Gap Analysis Project created species habitat distribution models for
all terrestrial vertebrates in the United States to support conservation assessments and …

Cryptic species are groups of two or more taxa that were previously classified as single
nominal species. Being almost morphologically indistinguishable, cryptic species have …

Aim Despite the central role of species distributions in ecology and conservation, occurrence
information remains geographically and taxonomically incomplete and biased. Efforts to …

The fast rate of replacement of natural areas by expanding cities is a key threat to wildlife
worldwide. Many wild species occur in cities, yet little is known on the dynamics of urban …

Bergmann's rule is a widely-accepted biogeographic rule stating that individuals within a
species are smaller in warmer environments. While there are many single-species studies …

Fire is a global disturbance that has a strong influence on biodiversity. Seasonal fires are
common in neotropical savannas of South America, yet few studies have analyzed how the …

Background Thousands of bulk arthropod samples are collected globally every year for
monitoring programs, conservation efforts, and ecosystem assessments. The taxonomic …

The use of bait (or attractants) to lure animals to a sampling site is common in wildlife
research and important for optimizing species detection rates. The effect of bait on animal …