Contemporary rates of biodiversity decline emphasize the need for reliable ecological
forecasting, but current methods vary in their ability to predict the declines of real-world …

Introduction The standardization of sampling protocols is imperative for robustly studying
any taxonomic group. Replicable methods allow the comparison of data between different …

Rapid changes of the biosphere observed in recent years are caused by both small and
large scale drivers, like shifts in temperature, transformations in land-use, or changes in the …

Advances in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) technology and data processing capabilities
have made it feasible to obtain high-resolution imagery and three dimensional (3D) data …

Over the last 25 years, research on biodiversity has expanded dramatically, fuelled by
increasing threats to the natural world. However, the number of published studies is heavily …

Long-term ecological monitoring has contributed substantially towards advancements in
theoretical and applied ecology. However, the costs to maintain a long-term monitoring site …

Tropical deforestation continues to be a major driver of biodiversity loss and greenhouse
gas emissions. Remote sensing technology is increasingly used to assess changes in forest …

Traditional biodiversity assessment is costly in time, money and taxonomic expertise.
Moreover, data are frequently collected in ways (eg visual bird lists) that are unsuitable for …

The neotropical Atlantic Forest supports one of the highest degrees of species richness and
rates of endemism on the planet, but has also undergone a huge forest loss. However, there …

The growing need for baseline data against which efforts to reduce the rate of biodiversity
loss can be judged highlights the importance of long-term datasets, some of which are as …