Conservation biology aims at identifying areas of rich biodiversity. Currently recognized
global biodiversity hotspots are spatially too coarse for conservation management and …

Herbaceous plants collectively known as geophytes, which regrow from belowground buds,
are distributed around the globe and throughout the land plant tree of life. The geophytic …

Plant life and growth forms (shortened to 'plant forms') represent key functional strategies of
plants in relation to their environment and provide important insights into the ecological …

Mexico is considered an exceptional biogeographic area with a varied endemic flora,
however spatial phylogenetic measures of biodiversity have not yet been estimated to …

Simple Summary Aiming to cope with the provisions of Aichi Biodiversity Targets, EU
Biodiversity Strategy and EU Green Deal, we conducted the first nationwide …

The distribution of forests can be hindcast or forecast when robust data and validation proofs
are available. Distribution consequences for temperate coniferous forests during the …

Premise Geophytes—plants that typically possess a bulb, corm, tuber, and/or rhizome—
have long captured the attention of hobbyists and researchers. However, despite the …

Assessment of the thermal bioclimatic environmental changes is important to understand
ongoing climate change implications on agriculture, ecology, and human health. This is …

How and why biodiversity varies along the elevational gradients is fundamental yet
controversial topics in ecology. To advance our understanding on these questions and …

Mexico is a megadiverse country. Presently, 22 126 species of angiosperms have been
registered within its territory and 11 001 are considered to be endemic. However, their …