Human use of land has been transforming Earth's ecology for millennia. From hunting and
foraging to burning the land to farming to industrial agriculture, increasingly intensive human …

Land‐use change is considered the greatest threat to nature, having caused worldwide
declines in the abundance, diversity, and health of species and ecosystems. Despite …

Aim Combining different biodiversity dimensions can reveal new diversity patterns
disclosing the relative roles of historical, environmental and anthropogenic factors in …

Land-use and climate change have been linked to changes in wildlife populations, but the
role of socioeconomic factors in driving declines, and promoting population recoveries …

The Anthropocene is characterized by a rapid pace of environmental change and is causing
a multitude of biotic responses, including those that affect the spatial distribution of species …

Reference conditions are necessary to assess the conservation status of species,
understand their declines, and manage their recovery. Historical documents offer large …

Different methodologies try to identify priority conservation areas (PCA) to improve habitat
conservation and decrease human pressures over bird species at coarse-scale. Map of …

Recently, the northward movement of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in Yunnan,
China, has attracted international attention. Climate change or human disturbances have …

Conservation requires both a needs assessment and prioritization scheme for planning and
implementation. Range maps are critical for understanding and conserving biodiversity, but …

Aim Historical climate variations, current climate and human impacts are known to influence
current species richness, but their effects on phylogenetic and trait diversity have been …