Integrating remote sensing with ecology and evolution to advance biodiversity conservation

J Cavender-Bares, FD Schneider, MJ Santos… - Nature Ecology & …, 2022 - nature.com
Remote sensing has transformed the monitoring of life on Earth by revealing spatial and
temporal dimensions of biological diversity through structural, compositional and functional …

Global genetic diversity status and trends: towards a suite of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) for genetic composition

S Hoban, FI Archer, LD Bertola, JG Bragg… - Biological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity underlies ecosystem resilience, ecosystem function, sustainable economies,
and human well‐being. Understanding how biodiversity sustains ecosystems under …

Towards the fully automated monitoring of ecological communities

M Besson, J Alison, K Bjerge, TE Gorochowski… - Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
High‐resolution monitoring is fundamental to understand ecosystems dynamics in an era of
global change and biodiversity declines. While real‐time and automated monitoring of …

Anthropogenic land use and land cover changes—A review on its environmental consequences and climate change

PS Roy, RM Ramachandran, O Paul, PK Thakur… - Journal of the Indian …, 2022 - Springer
The global demand for food and bioenergy changes associated with land use and land
cover change (LULCC) has raised concerns about the environment, global warming, and …

A framework for the detection and attribution of biodiversity change

A Gonzalez, JM Chase… - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The causes of biodiversity change are of great scientific interest and central to policy efforts
aimed at meeting biodiversity targets. Changes in species diversity and high rates of …

Areas of global importance for conserving terrestrial biodiversity, carbon and water

M Jung, A Arnell, X De Lamo… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
To meet the ambitious objectives of biodiversity and climate conventions, the international
community requires clarity on how these objectives can be operationalized spatially and …

Tropical forests are home to over half of the world's vertebrate species

R Pillay, M Venter, J Aragon‐Osejo… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical forests are renowned for their astonishing diversity of life, but the fundamental
question of how many species occur in tropical forests remains unanswered. Using …

Life history, climate and biogeography interactively affect worldwide genetic diversity of plant and animal populations

H De Kort, JG Prunier, S Ducatez, O Honnay… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Understanding how biological and environmental factors interactively shape the global
distribution of plant and animal genetic diversity is fundamental to biodiversity conservation …

Landscape-scale benefits of protected areas for tropical biodiversity

JF Brodie, J Mohd-Azlan, C Chen, OR Wearn… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract The United Nations recently agreed to major expansions of global protected areas
(PAs) to slow biodiversity declines. However, although reserves often reduce habitat loss …

Continent-wide declines in shallow reef life over a decade of ocean warming

GJ Edgar, RD Stuart-Smith, FJ Heather, NS Barrett… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Human society is dependent on nature,, but whether our ecological foundations are at risk
remains unknown in the absence of systematic monitoring of species' populations …