Charisma is a term commonly used in conservation biology to describe species. However,
as the term “charismatic species” has never been properly defined, it needs to be better …

Abstract The World Energy Council releases the Energy Trilemma Index (ETI) report
annually primarily to assess the energy performance of countries worldwide. Nevertheless …

Citizen science has gained widespread currency as a tool for ecological research over the
past decade. However, in the discipline of urban ecology, the existing contributions and …

Effective environmental management hinges on efficient and targeted monitoring, which in
turn should adapt to increasing disturbance regimes that now characterize most ecosystems …

Globally, soils store two to three times as much carbon as currently resides in the
atmosphere, and it is critical to understand how soil greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and …

This study investigated the relationships between physical, limnological and climatic drivers
with the internal total phosphorus (TP) loading produced over the dry period in 30 water …

Diversity patterns can show congruence across taxonomic groups. Consistent diversity
patterns allow the identification of indicator surrogates potentially representative of …

Umbrella species are rarely selected systematically from a range of candidate species. On
sandy beaches, birds that nest on the upper beach or in dunes are threatened globally and …

This open access book offers a selection of research papers and case studies presented at
the 3rd international conference “Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions” …

Studies on aquatic insects have found divergent results when assessing the effects of the
environment and spatial structure on the community. The inappropriate choice of taxonomic …