Global declines in biodiversity highlight the need to effectively monitor the density and
distribution of threatened species. In recent years, molecular survey methods detecting DNA …

Conservation science depends on an accurate understanding of what's happening in a
given ecosystem. How many species live there? What is the makeup of the population? How …

Estimating the geographical range of a species from sparse observations is a challenging
and important geospatial prediction problem. Given a set of locations where a species has …

Plans for expanding protected area systems (prioritizations) need to fulfill conservation
objectives. They also need to account for other factors, such as economic feasibility and …

The geographic distribution of streams and rivers drives a multitude of patterns and
processes in hydrology, geomorphology, geography, and ecology. Therefore, a …

Species distribution models (SDM) are increasingly used in conservation planning to identify
priority areas for the establishment of protected areas. Nevertheless, the quality of SDM …

Direct and indirect anthropogenic pressures on biodiversity and ecosystems are expected to
lower the provided ecosystem services (ES) in the near future. To limit these impacts …

Species distribution models (SDMs) are becoming an important tool for marine conservation
and management. Yet while there is an increasing diversity and volume of marine …

Context Improving our understanding of how riverine communities respond to anthropogenic
change requires spatial comparisons across multiple sites, high-resolution temporal …

Volunteer recorders generate large amounts of biodiversity data through citizen science
which is used in conservation planning and policy decision‐making. Unstructured sampling …