Plant diversity surely determines arthropod diversity, but only moderate correlations
between arthropod and plant species richness had been observed until Basset et …

Abstract Background Cadmium (Cd) contamination in soil poses a serious safety risk for the
development of medicine and food with ginseng as the raw material. Microorganisms are …

Complete sampling of all dimensions of biodiversity is a formidable task, even for small
areas. Undersampling is the norm, and the underquantification of diversity is a common …

Citizen science, including structured and semi-structured forms, has become a powerful tool
to collect biodiversity data. However, semi-structured citizen science data have been …

Spiders are among the most diverse and yet threatened groups of arthropods in
Macaronesia. Found in most habitat types, they occupy the vertical gradient of native forests …

We provide a list of lizards, snakes, chelonians, and amphibians collected during a 30-day
expedition to the Seridó Ecological Station (ESEC Seridó), Rio Grande do Norte state …

Despite more than 250 years of taxonomic research, we still have only a vague idea about
the true size and composition of the faunas and floras of the planet. Many biodiversity …

Reflecting their species richness and ecological diversification, insects play a central role in
terrestrial ecosystems but difficulties in species-level assignments have restricted large …

We present a detailed list of the reptiles and amphibians occurring in two habitat types
(tabuleiros and Stational Semidecidual Forest) in the Reserva Biológica Guaribas (REBIO …

Aim A raw count of the species encountered across surveys usually underestimates species
richness. Statistical estimators are often less biased. Nonparametric estimators of species …