Global genetic diversity status and trends: towards a suite of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) for genetic composition

S Hoban, FI Archer, LD Bertola, JG Bragg… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity underlies ecosystem resilience, ecosystem function, sustainable economies,
and human well‐being. Understanding how biodiversity sustains ecosystems under …

Process-explicit models reveal the structure and dynamics of biodiversity patterns

JA Pilowsky, RK Colwell, C Rahbek, DA Fordham - Science Advances, 2022 - science.org
With ever-growing data availability and computational power at our disposal, we now have
the capacity to use process-explicit models more widely to reveal the ecological and …

Earth beyond six of nine planetary boundaries

K Richardson, W Steffen, W Lucht, J Bendtsen… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
This planetary boundaries framework update finds that six of the nine boundaries are
transgressed, suggesting that Earth is now well outside of the safe operating space for …

Opportunities and challenges of macrogenetic studies

DM Leigh, CB van Rees, KL Millette, MF Breed… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
The rapidly emerging field of macrogenetics focuses on analysing publicly accessible
genetic datasets from thousands of species to explore large-scale patterns and predictors of …

Reducing risks of antibiotics to crop production requires land system intensification within thresholds

F Zhao, L Yang, H Yen, Q Feng, M Li, L Chen - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Land system intensification has substantially enhanced crop production; however, it has
also created soil antibiotic pollution, undermining crop production. Here, we projected soil …

Integrating biogeography and behavioral ecology to rapidly address biodiversity loss

KA Marske, HC Lanier, CD Siler, AH Rowe… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - pnas.org
Addressing climate change and biodiversity loss will be the defining ecological, political,
and humanitarian challenge of our time. Alarmingly, policymakers face a narrowing window …

The atlas of mitochondrial genetic diversity for Western Palaearctic butterflies

L Dapporto, M Menchetti, R Vodă… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Motivation Butterflies represent a model in biology and a flagship group for invertebrate
conservation. We provide four new resources for the Western Palaearctic butterflies:(1) an …

Spatial patterns and conservation of genetic and phylogenetic diversity of wildlife in China

Y Hu, H Fan, Y Chen, J Chang, X Zhan, H Wu… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Genetic diversity and phylogenetic diversity reflect the evolutionary potential and history of
species, respectively. However, the levels and spatial patterns of genetic and phylogenetic …

Global latitudinal gradients and the evolution of body size in dinosaurs and mammals

LN Wilson, JD Gardner, JP Wilson… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Global climate patterns fundamentally shape the distribution of species and ecosystems. For
example, Bergmann's rule predicts that homeothermic animals, including birds and …

The evolution of comparative phylogeography: putting the geography (and more) into comparative population genomics

SV Edwards, VV Robin, N Ferrand… - Genome Biology and …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Comparative population genomics is an ascendant field using genomic comparisons
between species to draw inferences about forces regulating genetic variation. Comparative …