The EDGE2 protocol: Advancing the prioritisation of Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered species for practical conservation action

R Gumbs, CL Gray, M Böhm, IJ Burfield… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The conservation of evolutionary history has been linked to increased benefits for humanity
and can be captured by phylogenetic diversity (PD). The Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally …

Impacts of rising temperatures and water acidification on the oxidative status and immune system of aquatic ectothermic vertebrates: A meta-analysis

S Messina, D Costantini, M Eens - Science of The Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Species persistence in the Anthropocene is dramatically threatened by global climate
change. Large emissions of carbon dioxide (CO 2) from human activities are driving …

Acknowledging more biodiversity without more species

C Dufresnes, N Poyarkov… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Delimiting and naming biodiversity is a vital step toward wildlife conservation and research.
However, species delimitation must be consistent across biota so that the limited resources …

Conserving avian evolutionary history can effectively safeguard future benefits for people

R Gumbs, CL Gray, M Hoffmann, R Molina-Venegas… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Phylogenetic diversity (PD)—the evolutionary history of a set of species—is conceptually
linked to the maintenance of yet-to-be-discovered benefits from biodiversity or “option …

Assessing digital accessible botanical knowledge and priorities for exploration and discovery of plant diversity across Mesoamerica

S Ramírez‐Barahona, AP Cuervo‐Robayo… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Digital accessible biodiversity knowledge has the potential to greatly advance botanical
research and guide conservation efforts. Evaluating its shortfalls is key to understanding its …

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi benefit plants in response to major global change factors

B Tang, J Man, A Lehmann, MC Rillig - Ecology Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Land plants play a key role in global carbon cycling, but the potential role of arbuscular
mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) in the responses of a wide range of plant species to global change …

Phenological research based on natural history collections: Practical guidelines and a lepidopteran case study

MW Belitz, EA Larsen, V Shirey, D Li… - Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Natural history collections (NHCs) have been indispensable to understanding longer‐term
trends of the timing of seasonal events. Massive‐scale digitization of specimens promises to …

Importance of timely metadata curation to the global surveillance of genetic diversity

ED Crandall, RH Toczydlowski, L Liggins… - Conservation …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic diversity within species represents a fundamental yet underappreciated level of
biodiversity. Because genetic diversity can indicate species resilience to changing climate …

Redefining possible: combining phylogenomic and supersparse data in frogs

DM Portik, JW Streicher, DC Blackburn… - Molecular Biology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The data available for reconstructing molecular phylogenies have become wildly disparate.
Phylogenomic studies can generate data for thousands of genetic markers for dozens of …

rtrees: an R package to assemble phylogenetic trees from megatrees

D Li - Ecography, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the increasingly available phylogenetic hypotheses for multiple taxonomic groups,
most of them do not include all species. In phylogenetic ecology, there is still a strong …