Recent studies have revealed many potential benefits of increasing plant diversity in natural
ecosystems, as well as in agroecosystems and production forests. Plant diversity potentially …

The importance of plant genetic diversity (PGD) is now being recognized as a specific area
since exploding population with urbanization and decreasing cultivable lands are the critical …

Charisma is a term commonly used in conservation biology to describe species. However,
as the term “charismatic species” has never been properly defined, it needs to be better …

This article presents, for the first time, an overview of all known tree species by scientific
name and country level distribution, and describes an online database—GlobalTreeSearch …

Elephants rarely breed in captivity and are not considered domesticated, yet they interact
with people regularly and adapt to various environments. Too social and sagacious to be …

The most unique feature of Earth is the existence of life, and the most extraordinary feature
of life is its diversity. Approximately 9 million types of plants, animals, protists and fungi …

Since humans worldwide obtain more than 99.7% of their food (calories) from the land and
less than 0.3% from the oceans and aquatic ecosystems, preserving cropland and …

Human well-being relies critically on ecosystem services provided by nature. Examples
include water and air quality regulation, nutrient cycling and decomposition, plant pollination …

Biodiversity data derive from myriad sources stored in various formats on many distinct
hardware and software platforms. An essential step towards understanding global patterns …

Habitat degradation and subsequent biodiversity damage often take place far from the place
of consumption because of globalization and the increasing level of international trade …