The R language provides most applications (packages) currently available for ecological
niche modelling. In the last few years, these packages have increased substantially. There …

Sustainable land-system transformations are necessary to avert biodiversity and climate
collapse. However, it remains unclear where entry points for transformations exist in …

The world's primates have been severely impacted in diverse and profound ways by
anthropogenic pressures. Here, we evaluate the impact of various infrastructures and …

Climate change poses an increasing threat to achieving development goals and is often
considered in development plans and project designs. However, there have been …

Climate change will likely shift plant and microbial distributions, creating geographic
mismatches between plant hosts and essential microbial symbionts (eg, ectomycorrhizal …

High biodiversity and endemism combined with persistently high deforestation rates mark
Madagascar as one of the hottest biodiversity hot spots. Contemporary rising interest in …

Anthropogenic fire use is widespread across Madagascar and threatens the island's
unprecedented endemic biodiversity. The vast majority (96%) of lemur species are already …

Freshwater network ecosystems consist of interconnected lotic and lentic environments
within the same catchment area. Using Plitvice Lakes as an example, we studied the …

Taxon delimitation and identification are important in many areas of biology, especially in
taxonomy and conservation. Taxonomic treatment is required to establish and justify …

Forest transformation has major impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem functioning.
Identifying the influence of forest habitat structure and composition on avian functional …