Fuzz testing (fuzzing) has witnessed its prosperity in detecting security flaws recently. It
generates a large number of test cases and monitors the executions for defects. Fuzzing has …

The causes of biodiversity change are of great scientific interest and central to policy efforts
aimed at meeting biodiversity targets. Changes in species diversity and high rates of …

Three metrics of species diversity–species richness, the Shannon index and the Simpson
index–are still widely used in ecology, despite decades of valid critiques leveled against …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic priorities have focused on prevention, detection, and
response. Beyond morbidity and mortality, pandemics carry secondary impacts, such as …

Although habitat loss is the predominant factor leading to biodiversity loss in the
Anthropocene,, exactly how this loss manifests—and at which scales—remains a central …

Human activities are fundamentally altering biodiversity. Projections of declines at the global
scale are contrasted by highly variable trends at local scales, suggesting that biodiversity …

One of the most fundamental questions in ecology is how many species inhabit the Earth.
However, due to massive logistical and financial challenges and taxonomic difficulties …

Environmental DNA (eDNA) refers to DNA that can be extracted from environmental
samples (such as soil, water, feces, or air) without the prior isolation of any target organism …

Global concern about human impact on biological diversity has triggered an intense
research agenda on drivers and consequences of biodiversity change in parallel with …

Soils harbor a substantial fraction of the world's biodiversity, contributing to many crucial
ecosystem functions. It is thus essential to identify general macroecological patterns related …