Digital data are accumulating at unprecedented rates. These contain a lot of information
about the natural world, some of which can be used to answer key ecological questions …

Carnivorous plants (CPs)—those possessing specific strategies to attract, capture and kill
animal prey and obtain nutrition through the absorption of their biomass—are harbingers of …

The Brazilian highlands are part of the most ancient landscapes on earth, evolved under
tectonic stability and extreme weathering. Landforms are structurally controlled, forming …

Over the past 2 decades, digital photography has grown increasingly accessible. This has
ushered in a golden age of community science, where nonspecialists share natural history …

Social networks offer communication channels through which people share huge amounts
of primary data that can be used for scientific analyses, including biodiversity research. To …

Global change is causing ecosystems to change at unprecedented rates and the urgency to
quantify ecological change is high. We therefore need all possible sources of ecological …

The option of describing new taxa using photographs as proxies for lost or escaped
('unpreserved') type specimens has been rarely used but is now undergoing renewed …

Simple Summary A novel taxonomic treatment is provided for the Drosera microphylla
complex, which is a group of closely related carnivorous plants endemic to southwest …

A new species of Krenakanthus, a member of the bromelioid “Cryptanthoid complex”, is
described based on plants discovered through collaborative citizen science. Krenakanthus …

In this chapter, social networking platforms are explored to see whether they can be a useful
resource for biomonitoring; more specifically do they contain reliable biodiversity data and to …