Bioindicators, as taxa or functional groups, are widely used as indicators of environmental
change, specific ecological factors or taxonomic diversity. The use of ecological …

The sight of land managers poring over ant checklists is a regular occurrence in Australia,
where ant monitoring has been successfully applied to a wide range of land‐use situations …

Rates of biodiversity loss are higher in freshwater ecosystems than in most terrestrial or
marine ecosystems, making freshwater conservation a priority. However, prioritization …

Vast gaps in available information on the spatial distribution of biodiversity pose a major
challenge for regional conservation planning in many parts of the world. This problem is …

▪ Abstract Species extinctions and the deterioration of other biodiversity features worldwide
have led to the adoption of systematic conservation planning in many regions of the world …

The present two‐part review aims to put the different phenomena that have been called
“beta diversity” over the years into a common conceptual framework and to explain what …

Aunque los orígenes de las hormigas (cuándo, dónde y cómo) sean misterios que nunca
podremos resolver, lo cierto es que hace unos 100 millones de años ya existían hormigas …

In spite of their relatively small size as a group of insects, dung beetles have attracted an
inordinate amount of scientific interest over the years, starting with the work of the French …

Invertebrate focal taxa that can act as information surrogates for broader patterns of
biodiversity are of increasing interest to conservation practitioners. Scarabaeine dung …

A generic framework for setting conservation priorities based on the principles of classic
decision theory is provided. This framework encapsulates the key elements of any problem …