Soil is an immense habitat for diverse organisms across the tree of life, but just how many
organisms live in soil is surprisingly unknown. Previous efforts to enumerate soil biodiversity …

Knowledge on the distribution and abundance of organisms is fundamental to
understanding their roles within ecosystems and their ecological importance for other taxa …

Wholesale conversion of natural Amazonian ecosystems has been encouraged by Brazil's
extreme antienvironmental government, and historical forest loss explains municipal-scale …

Accurate predictions of ecosystem functions and nature's contributions to people (NCP) are
needed to prioritize environmental protection and restoration in the Anthropocene. However …

Tropical forest recovery is fundamental to addressing the intertwined climate and
biodiversity loss crises. While regenerating trees sequester carbon relatively quickly, the …

Species occurrence data are foundational for research, conservation, and science
communication, but the limited availability and accessibility of reliable data represents a …

Abiotic determinants of global biogeographical patterns are well known for a range of taxa,
particularly plants and vertebrates. However, they are largely undescribed for most …

Native bee species in the United States provide invaluable pollination services. Concerns
about native bee declines are growing, and there are calls for a national monitoring …

Many alien species are neither cultivated nor traded but spread unintentionally, and their
global movements, capacities to invade ecosystems, and susceptibility to detection by …

Identifying hotspots of biological diversity is a key step in conservation prioritisation.
Melanesia—centred on the vast island of New Guinea—is increasingly recognised for its …