Pushing the frontiers of biodiversity research: Unveiling the global diversity, distribution, and conservation of fungi

T Niskanen, R Lücking, A Dahlberg… - Annual review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Fungi comprise approximately 20% of all eukaryotic species and are connected to virtually
all life forms on Earth. Yet, their diversity remains contentious, their distribution elusive, and …

Climatic stability and geological history shape global centers of neo-and paleoendemism in seed plants

L Cai, H Kreft, A Taylor, J Schrader… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Assessing the distribution of geographically restricted and evolutionarily unique species and
their underlying drivers is key to understanding biogeographical processes and critical for …

The contribution of geographically common and rare species to the spatial distribution of biodiversity

HJ White, CM McKeon, RJ Pakeman… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Motivation and aim Mapping the spatial distribution of biodiversity is critical for
understanding its fundamental drivers (eg speciation, environmental filtering) as well as for …

Widespread homogenization of plant communities in the Anthropocene

BH Daru, TJ Davies, CG Willis, EK Meineke… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Native biodiversity decline and non-native species spread are major features of the
Anthropocene. Both processes can drive biotic homogenization by reducing trait and …

[PDF][PDF] Resolution in species distribution models shapes spatial patterns of plant multifaceted diversity

Y Chauvier, P Descombes, M Guéguen… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Species distribution models (SDMs) are statistical tools that relate species observations to
environmental conditions to retrieve ecological niches and predict species' potential …

Global hotspots of plant phylogenetic diversity

M Tietje, A Antonelli, F Forest, R Govaerts… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Regions harbouring high unique phylogenetic diversity (PD) are priority targets for
conservation. Here, we analyse the global distribution of plant PD, which remains poorly …

phyloregion: R package for biogeographical regionalization and macroecology

BH Daru, P Karunarathne… - Methods in Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Biogeographical regionalization is the classification of regions in terms of their biota and is
key to our understanding of the ecological and historical drivers affecting species distribution …

Global analysis of Poales diversification–parallel evolution in space and time into open and closed habitats

TL Elliott, D Spalink, I Larridon, AR Zuntini… - New …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Poales are one of the most species‐rich, ecologically and economically important orders of
plants and often characterise open habitats, enabled by unique suites of traits. We test six …

Global determinants and conservation of evolutionary and geographic rarity in land vertebrates

G Murali, R Gumbs, S Meiri, U Roll - Science advances, 2021 - science.org
Deciphering global trends in phylogenetic endemism is crucial for understanding broad-
scale evolutionary patterns and the conservation of key elements of biodiversity. However …

Plant endemism centres and biodiversity hotspots in Greece

K Kougioumoutzis, IP Kokkoris, M Panitsa, A Kallimanis… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Aiming to cope with the provisions of Aichi Biodiversity Targets, EU
Biodiversity Strategy and EU Green Deal, we conducted the first nationwide …