Acoustic surveys are a widely used sampling tool in ecological research and monitoring.
They are used to monitor populations and ecosystems and to study various aspects of …

Citizen science is on the rise. Aided by the internet, the popularity and scope of citizen
science appears almost limitless. For citizens the motivation is to contribute to “real” science …

The study of animal movement has always been a key element in ecological science,
because it is inherently linked to critical processes that scale from individuals to populations …

Global knowledge about the spatial distribution of species is orders of magnitude coarser in
resolution than other geographically-structured environmental datasets such as topography …

A guide to data collection, modeling and inference strategies for biological survey data using
Bayesian and classical statistical methods. This book describes a general and flexible …

The deep ocean is the largest and least-explored ecosystem on Earth, and a uniquely
energy-poor environment. The distribution, drivers and origins of deep-sea biodiversity …

Estimates of species richness and diversity are central to community and macroecology and
are frequently used in conservation planning. Commonly used diversity metrics account for …

Species richness is often used as a tool for prioritizing conservation action. One method for
predicting richness and other summaries of community structure is to develop species …

Conservation and management actions often have direct and indirect effects on a wide
range of species. As such, it is important to evaluate the impacts that such actions may have …

Summary In 2003, 24 presence–absence β‐diversity metrics were reviewed and a number
of trade‐offs and redundancies identified. We present a parallel investigation into the …