Bioindicators, as taxa or functional groups, are widely used as indicators of environmental
change, specific ecological factors or taxonomic diversity. The use of ecological …

Restoration of degraded land has been identified as a top research priority in conservation.
Fauna plays a critical role in the re-establishment of a functional ecosystem, yet fauna …

The vast scope of conservation problems has forced biologists and managers to rely on"
surrogate" species to serve as shortcuts to guide their decision making. These species …

Globally, soils store two to three times as much carbon as currently resides in the
atmosphere, and it is critical to understand how soil greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and …

Conservation planners represent many aspects of biodiversity by using surrogates with
spatial distributions readily observed or quantified, but tests of their effectiveness have …

Diversity patterns can show congruence across taxonomic groups. Consistent diversity
patterns allow the identification of indicator surrogates potentially representative of …

Biodiversity conservation does predominantly focus on protected natural areas, but has to
consider also the usually Human-dominated matrix in which these natural areas are …

Odonates are suggested as bioindicators of human impact. However, their complex life
cycles add additional challenges in the practical use as bioindicators, because the level of …

Umbrella species are rarely selected systematically from a range of candidate species. On
sandy beaches, birds that nest on the upper beach or in dunes are threatened globally and …

It is typically at the species level where the responses of organisms to natural environmental
gradients are the most clearly visible. However, due to the fact that many organismal groups …