The bold commitment made by the world's governments to reduce the rate of biodiversity
loss by 2010 will soon be tested. On the basis of the continuing declines measured by most …

Distorted Views of Biodiversity: Spatial and Temporal Bias in Species Occurrence Data |
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Following creation of the 2010 Biodiversity Target under the Convention on Biological
Diversity and adoption of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals, information on …

Rigorous and widely applicable indicators of biodiversity are needed to monitor the
responses of ecosystems to global change and design effective conservation schemes …

Marine reserves are assumed to protect a wide range of species from deleterious effects
stemming from exploitation. However, some species, due to their ecological characteristics …

This study reports results of a classification tree approach to mapping the wetlands of the
Congo Basin, focusing on the Cuvette Centrale of the Congo River watershed, an area of …

Rare species have restricted geographic ranges, habitat specialization, and/or small
population sizes. Datasets on rare species distribution usually have few observations …

Biodiversity assessment underpins our understanding of ecosystems and determines
environmental management decisions on resource use and conservation priorities …

Widespread concerns about global biodiversity loss have led to a growing demand for
indices of biodiversity status. Today, climate change is among the most serious threats to …

Species threatened with extinction are the focus of mounting conservation concerns
throughout the world. Thirty‐seven years after passage of the US Endangered Species Act …