Executive summary How can we effectively maintain and enhance forest biodiversity in
Europe? hampered efforts to build a standardised, EU-level overview of how forest …

For several decades, computerized forest decision support systems (DSS) have helped
managers and decision makers to analyze different management options and supported the …

Oak decline is a general term used for the progressive dieback and eventual mortality of oak
trees due to many compounding stressors, typically a combination of predisposing, inciting …

Abstract Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle is considered one of the worst invasive alien
plant species (IAPS) in Europe, able to cause several disturbances to ecosystems and …

Understanding species' critical habitat requirements is crucial for effective conservation and
management. However, such information can be challenging to obtain, particularly for highly …

Access to digital technology and software allows the production of a significant amount of
biodiversity data, including citizens' species records, combined with field monitoring and …

The relationships between species abundance or occurrence versus spatial variation in
climate are commonly used in species distribution models to forecast future distributions …

Quantifying the total number of individuals (abundance) of species is the basis for spatial
ecology and biodiversity conservation. Abundance data are mostly collected through …

We present a new methodology to model total abundance by merging count data
information from surveys with different sampling protocols. The proposed methods are used …

Modelling distributions of species is a key task for modern ecologists. Species distribution
models (SDMs), aimed at quantitatively identifying factors driving occurrence and/or …