The data collected by the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF), some 2.2 billion
records, is arguably the largest international initiative to digitize and share primary …

Fast and nondestructive approaches of measuring plant species diversity have been a
subject of excessive scientific curiosity and disquiet to environmentalists and field ecologists …

As a megadiverse country with a rapidly growing population, South Africa is experiencing a
biodiversity crisis: natural habitats are being degraded and species are becoming …

With the development of petroleum industry and the exploitation of unconventional gas
reservoir, the topological form of surface pipeline network is changing gradually and a tree …

Conserving Nature's Stage (CNS) is a concept from conservation planning that promotes the
protection of areas encompassing a broad range of enduring geophysical traits to provide …

Aim Conservation assessment and planning across extensive regions rely on the use of
mapped or modelled surrogates because direct field‐based inventories of biodiversity rarely …

Aim Biodiversity assessment and decisions rely on knowledge of the spatial distribution of
species, yet most global biodiversity is inadequately represented by occurrence records …

Biosphere reserves (BRs) are areas of high biodiversity value that promote conservation
and sustainable development. BRs consist of core, buffer, and transition zones. Buffer zones …

Aim: Biodiversity assessment and decisions rely on knowledge of the spatial distribution of
species, yet most global biodiversity is inadequately represented by occurrence records …

Effective ecosystem management requires spatially distributed measurements that are
representative of ecological diversity. When considering which sites complement existing …