Accurate and up-to-date habitat maps at national or regional levels are critical for informing
conservation and restoration actions. Land cover maps generated from Earth Observation …

Halyomorpha halys (Stål)(Hemiptera, Pentatomidae) was accidentally introduced to North
America and Europe, becoming a key pest of many important crops. In its native range, it is …

Climate and land cover changes are the two most important stressors causing the decline of
amphibians' populations worldwide. Within the Mediterranean area, one of the global …

Geodiversity first emerged nearly 30 years ago in the wake of the Convention on Biological
Diversity, when geoscientists realized that they too study diverse natural phenomena that …

EU member states have set an ambitious goal of establishing additional protected areas
(PAs) preserving 30% of terrestrial land by 2030, specifying that additions should be of high …

Background The natural transmission cycle of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) virus is
enhanced by complex interactions between ticks and key hosts strongly connected to habitat …

Biological invasions are one of the major challenges to the restoration of post-mining sites.
Most postmining sites are under technical reclamation with only a few left to spontaneous …

Species-habitat associations are correlative, can be quantified, and used for powerful
inference. Nowadays, Species Distribution Models (SDMs) play a big role, eg using Machine …

The Hyrcanian forest is a global biodiversity hotspot that harbors many endemic and
endangered tree species, but its tree diversity is threatened by various human-induced …

Aim Habitat loss is the dominant cause of biodiversity decline around the world, yet the
complexity and stability of terrestrial assemblages related to suitable habitats have been …