Forest restoration is currently a primary objective in environmental management policies at a
global scale, to the extent that impressive initiatives and commitments have been launched …

Biodiversity is declining globally at unprecedented rates. Ecological niche models (ENMs)
are one of the most widely used toolsets to appraise global change impacts on biodiversity …

The global decline of amphibian populations, driven by anthropogenic activities, is a
pressing conservation issue, with salamanders being of particular concern, as these species …

Aim A major source of uncertainty in the application of species distribution models (SDMs) is
related to input data quality. Citizen‐collected species occurrence data are often used for …

Temperate forests are particularly exposed to climate change and the associated increase in
weather extremes. Droughts, storms, late frosts, floods, heavy snowfalls, or changing climatic …

One of the key strategies for species to respond to climate change is range shift. It is
commonly believed that species will migrate towards the poles and higher elevations due to …

Species distribution models (SDMs) are useful for predictive and explanatory purposes,
allowing biologists to identify how human and environmental factors influence distributions …

In the light of the “Biological Diversity” concept, habitats are cardinal pieces for biodiversity
quantitative estimation at a local and global scale. In Europe EUNIS (European Nature …

Abstract Background The Iberian Peninsula comprises one of the largest boundaries
between Mediterranean and Eurosiberian vegetation, known as sub-Mediterranean zone …

We present a comprehensive taxonomic and nomenclatural review of the Portuguese oaks
(Quercus L.), issuing from thorough biogeographical, historical, bibliographic, field and …