We review changes in the status of butterflies in Europe, focusing on long-running
population data available for the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Belgium, based on …

Wild and managed bees are essential for global food security and the maintenance of
biodiversity. At present, the conservation of wild bees is hampered by a huge shortfall in …

This paper presents an updated checklist of the butterflies of Europe, together with their
original name combinations, and their occurrence status in each European country …

The study of global biodiversity will greatly benefit from access to comprehensive DNA
barcode libraries at continental scale, but such datasets are still very rare. Here, we …

Regular reassessment of extinction risk is critical to prioritise conservation action during the
current period of rapid, anthropogenic biodiversity change. Butterflies are a flagship group …

Despite their ecological importance and diversity, spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) are
underrepresented in conservation policies in comparison to other groups. We review all …

Climate change is causing shifts in the distribution of many species and populations
inhabiting mountain tops are particularly vulnerable to these threats because they are …

The decline of pollinators has been demonstrated scientifically and this phenomenon is
widely recognized by both the general public and by stakeholders. Since pollinators face …

The diversity of vascular plant taxa in Europe is threatened. National red lists are valuable
biodiversity conservation tools that provide us with information on the proximity of a taxon to …

Background We have developed a new platform named" Biologer" intended for recording
species observations in the field (but also from literature resources and collections). The …