Integrative and proactive conservation approaches are critical to the long-term persistence
of biodiversity. Molecular data can provide important information on evolutionary processes …

Background Covering about 2 Mio. km 2 by the arrival of the first European settlers, the
Cerrado savannas are second in extent only to Amazonian forests amongst the South …

Spatial conservation prioritization (SCP) is a planning framework used to identify new
conservation areas on the basis of the spatial distribution of species, ecosystems, and their …

Conservation of biodiversity remains a challenge as changing climate and other
anthropogenic threats alter species distributions. Assessing vulnerability to future changes …

The Cerrado biome covers approximately 20% of Brazil and it is crucial for the Water, Food,
Energy, and Ecosystems (WFEE) nexus. Thus, in recent years, large areas of the …

Effective, resilient and strategic protected area networks are essential to protect biodiversity
and human welfare, especially in vulnerable biodiversity hotspots. This is the case in the …

Myrtaceae are one of the largest families of flowering plants and are widely distributed in the
Neotropics, where they are mainly represented by the tribe Myrteae. Myrteae are the most …

Although genomic diversity is increasingly recognised as a key component of biodiversity, it
is seldom used to inform conservation planning. Estuaries and keystone species such as the …

This special issue sought to stimulate research on the inclusion of intraspecific genetic data
and processes into spatial conservation prioritization, which identifies priority areas to …

The comparison of inter-population quantitative variation and neutral variation based on
molecular markers (Q ST− F ST) has been extensively used to infer the influence of different …