The'EU Council conclusions on biodiversity post–2010're–enforced Europe's commitment to
halt biodiversity loss by 2020. Identifying areas of high–value for biodiversity conservation is …

This paper investigates the distribution of species richness, rarity and endemicity of
European land mammals (bats and introduced species excluded). The highest level of …

The Mediterranean basin, and the Iberian Peninsula in particular, represent an outstanding
“hotspot” of biological diversity with a long history of integration between natural ecosystems …

Identifying areas with relevant features of biodiversity is useful to rank priorities for
strengthening the design of well-sited natural protected areas and to optimize resource …

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 …

Abstract The European Union has made extensive biodiversity conservation efforts with the
Habitats and Birds Directives and with the establishment of the Natura 2000 network of …

Background Conservation of phylogenetic diversity allows maximising evolutionary
information preserved within fauna and flora. The “EDGE of Existence” programme is the first …

The first step towards the preservation of endangered species is to establish an appropriate
ranking system, which assigns different nature conservation priority scores to different taxa …

Site-based conservation is widely recognized as a fundamental step in halting biodiversity
loss at a global scale. In the last decades, reserves have been established for a variety of …

Austria supports a considerable number of endemic invertebrate species, but a cross-taxon
analysis is currently lacking. Based on a recent national inventory, we analysed distribution …