In an era of human activities, global environmental changes, habitat loss and species
extinction, conservation strategies are a crucial step toward minimizing biodiversity loss. For …

The deep sea (> 200 m depth) encompasses> 95% of the world's ocean volume and
represents the largest and least explored biome on Earth (< 0.0001% of ocean surface), yet …

Lakes are important ecosystems providing various ecosystem services. Stressors such as
eutrophication or climate change, however, threaten their ecological functions. National and …

Habitat loss and degradation, overexploitation, climate change and the spread of invasive
species are drastically depleting the Earth's biological diversity, leading to detrimental …

Although satellite‐based variables have for long been expected to be key components to a
unified and global biodiversity monitoring strategy, a definitive and agreed list of these …

Two prominent limitations of species distribution models (SDM s) are spatial biases in
existing occurrence data and a lack of spatially explicit predictor variables to fully capture …

Assessing and predicting ecosystem responses to global environmental change and its
impacts on human well-being are high priority targets for the scientific community. The …

Many biologists, ecologists, and conservationists are interested in the possibilities that
remote sensing offers for their daily work and study site analyses as well as for the …

The biodiversity and high productivity of coastal terrestrial and aquatic habitats are the
foundation for important benefits to human societies around the world. These globally …

The frequent deterioration of coastal fisheries has resulted in a need to nourish the world's
rapidly expanding population, contributing to a substantial shift toward fishing in the …