Current interest and debate on pollen-assemblage richness as a proxy for past plant
richness have prompted us to review recent developments in assessing whether modern …

Motivation and aim Map** the spatial distribution of biodiversity is critical for
understanding its fundamental drivers (eg speciation, environmental filtering) as well as for …

The vast scope of conservation problems has forced biologists and managers to rely on"
surrogate" species to serve as shortcuts to guide their decision making. These species …

The term “indicator” is frequently used at the interface between science and policy. Although
there is a great demand for clear definitions of technical terms in science and policy, the …

While urban growth contributes to the biodiversity crisis, biodiverse greenspaces within
cities could support both human wellbeing and biodiversity conservation. Yet, urban …

Volunteers are increasingly being recruited into citizen science projects to collect
observations for scientific studies. An additional goal of these projects is to engage and …

Imperfect detection can seriously bias conventional estimators of species distributions and
species richness. Plant traits, survey‐specific conditions and site‐specific characteristics …

The following paper describes patterns of diversity across major habitat types in a relatively
well preserved coastal dune system in central Italy. The research addresses the following …

Climate change is one of the most significant causes of species range shift and extinction.
Based on a citizen science dataset of birds in China, the Bird Report, we developed a high …

Large river-floodplain systems are hotspots of biodiversity and ecosystem services but are
also used for multiple human activities, making them one of the most threatened ecosystems …