Integrating remote sensing with ecology and evolution to advance biodiversity conservation

J Cavender-Bares, FD Schneider, MJ Santos… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Remote sensing has transformed the monitoring of life on Earth by revealing spatial and
temporal dimensions of biological diversity through structural, compositional and functional …

Concepts and applications in functional diversity

S Mammola, CP Carmona, T Guillerme… - Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The use of functional diversity analyses in ecology has grown exponentially over the past
two decades, broadening our understanding of biological diversity and its change across …

Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy

D Leclère, M Obersteiner, M Barrett, SHM Butchart… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
Increased efforts are required to prevent further losses to terrestrial biodiversity and the
ecosystem services that it provides,. Ambitious targets have been proposed, such as …

Inferring the mammal tree: species-level sets of phylogenies for questions in ecology, evolution, and conservation

NS Upham, JA Esselstyn, W Jetz - PLoS biology, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Big, time-scaled phylogenies are fundamental to connecting evolutionary processes to
modern biodiversity patterns. Yet inferring reliable phylogenetic trees for thousands of …

Prioritizing India's landscapes for biodiversity, ecosystem services and human well-being

A Srivathsa, D Vasudev, T Nair, S Chakrabarti… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Biodiversity conservation and human well-being are tightly interlinked. Yet, mismatches in
the scale at which these two priority issues are planned and implemented have exacerbated …

Regional scalable priorities for national biodiversity and carbon conservation planning in Asia

L Zhu, AC Hughes, XQ Zhao, LJ Zhou, KP Ma… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
To achieve the goals of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework, we must identify
representative targets that effectively protect biodiversity and can be implemented at a …

Map** potential conflicts between global agriculture and terrestrial conservation

NT Hoang, O Taherzadeh, H Ohashi… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Demand for food products, often from international trade, has brought agricultural land use
into direct competition with biodiversity. Where these potential conflicts occur and which …

Spatial analysis enables priority selection in conservation practices for landscapes that need ecological security

H Tang, J Peng, H Jiang, Y Lin, J Dong, M Liu… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Global urbanization has not only promoted social and economic development, but also
contributed to seriously ecological challenges. As a type of sustainable landscape patterns …

Phylogenetic, functional, and taxonomic richness have both positive and negative effects on ecosystem multifunctionality

Y Le Bagousse-**uet, S Soliveres… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Biodiversity encompasses multiple attributes such as the richness and abundance of
species (taxonomic diversity), the presence of different evolutionary lineages (phylogenetic …

Functional diversity of marine megafauna in the Anthropocene

C Pimiento, F Leprieur, D Silvestro, JS Lefcheck… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Marine megafauna, the largest animals in the oceans, serve key roles in ecosystem
functioning. Yet, one-third of these animals are at risk of extinction. To better understand the …