Madagascar's unique biota is heavily affected by human activity and is under intense threat.
Here, we review the current state of knowledge on the conservation status of Madagascar's …

Tropical Africa is home to an astonishing biodiversity occurring in a variety of ecosystems.
Past climatic change and geological events have impacted the evolution and diversification …

Invertebrates constitute the majority of animal species and are critical for ecosystem
functioning and services. Nonetheless, global invertebrate biodiversity patterns and their …

Species distribution models, also known as ecological niche models or habitat suitability
models, have become commonplace for addressing fundamental and applied biodiversity …

Spatial patterns of biodiversity are inextricably linked to their collection methods, yet no
synthesis of bias patterns or their consequences exists. As such, views of organismal …

Climate change threatens the health and survival of urban trees and the various benefits
they deliver to urban inhabitants. Here, we show that 56% and 65% of species in 164 cities …

To meet the ambitious objectives of biodiversity and climate conventions, the international
community requires clarity on how these objectives can be operationalized spatially and …

Plants sustain human life. Understanding geographic patterns of the diversity of species
used by people is thus essential for the sustainable management of plant resources. Here …

The ever-increasing human footprint even in very remote places on Earth has inspired
efforts to document biodiversity vigorously in case organisms go extinct. However, the data …

Reporting specific modelling methods and metadata is essential to the reproducibility of
ecological studies, yet guidelines rarely exist regarding what information should be noted …