The tropics contain the overwhelming majority of Earth's biodiversity: their terrestrial,
freshwater and marine ecosystems hold more than three-quarters of all species, including …

Studies of host specificity in tropical insect herbivores are evolving from a focus on insect
distribution data obtained by canopy fogging and other mass collecting methods, to a focus …

Despite their high diversity and importance for humankind, invertebrates are often neglected
in biodiversity conservation policies. We identify seven impediments to their effective …

Recent advances in understanding insect communities in tropical forests, have contributed
little to our knowledge of large-scale patterns of insect diversity, because incomplete …

Human-driven global change is causing ongoing declines in biodiversity worldwide. In order
to address these declines, decision-makers need accurate assessments of the status of and …

During the last two decades, there was considerable debate on the actual number of insect
species on Earth, and current estimates range from 5 to 30 million species. For gall-inducing …

Most multicellular species alive are tropical arthropods associated with plants. Hence, the
host‐specificity of these species, and their diversity at different scales, are keys to …

Aims We aim to document elevational richness patterns of geometrid moths in a globally
replicated, multi‐gradient setting, and to test general hypotheses on environmental and …

Crop wild relatives (CWR) are plant species which are more or less closely related to crops.
They are a vital resource by providing a pool of genetic variation that can be used in …

Tropical biologists need help. Examples show that local people can be trained to be
effective parataxonomists, greatly assisting efforts to document and assess tropical …