Climate change and habitat loss are both key threatening processes driving the global loss
in biodiversity. Yet little is known about their synergistic effects on biological populations due …

Information on the ecological traits of species might improve predictions of climate-driven
range shifts. However, the usefulness of traits is usually assumed rather than quantified …

Species distribution models (SDMs) are basic tools in ecology, biogeography, and
biodiversity. The usefulness of SDMs has expanded beyond the realm of ecological …

Opportunistic citizen data documenting species observations–ie observations collected by
citizens in a non-standardized way–is becoming increasingly available. In the absence of …

Aim Ongoing climate change is presently influencing the distribution ranges of numerous
species, with both range expansions and latitudinal shifts being observed. In southern …

Climate change has caused substantial shifts in the geographical distribution of many
species. There is growing evidence that many species are migrating in response to climate …

Nairobi Sheep Disease virus (NSDv) is a zoonotic and tick-borne disease that can cause
over 90% mortality in small ruminants. NSDv has historically circulated in East Africa and …

Bluetongue (BT) is still present in Europe and the introduction of new serotypes from
endemic areas in the African continent is a possible threat. Culicoides imicola remains one …

Under the current pattern of climate change, mountain bird populations are generally shifting
their ranges to higher elevations, tracking their climatic optima. Nevertheless, space …

Highlights•The available distributional information on insect species is scarce and
biased.•Climate change predictions by bioclimatic models are compromised by these data …