Background Covering about 2 Mio. km 2 by the arrival of the first European settlers, the
Cerrado savannas are second in extent only to Amazonian forests amongst the South …

Habitat change and fragmentation are the primary causes of biodiversity loss worldwide.
Recent decades have seen a surge of funding, published papers and citations in the field as …

Much of biodiversity remains undiscovered, causing species and their functions to remain
unrealized and potentially lost in ignorance. Here we use extensive species-level data in a …

The unparalleled biodiversity found in the American tropics (the Neotropics) has attracted
the attention of naturalists for centuries. Despite major advances in recent years in our …

More than two million species have been described so far, but our knowledge on most taxa
remains scarce or inexistent, and the available biodiversity data is often taxonomically …

Aim Small geographic ranges make species especially prone to extinction from
anthropogenic disturbances or natural stochastic events. We assemble and analyse a …

Reptiles are the most species-rich group of terrestrial vertebrates, yet we lack a
comprehensive understanding of their extinction risk. Only 45% of described reptile species …

Covering ancient geomorphological landscapes, and surrounded by some of the most
diverse forests on Earth, the Neotropical savannas were once perceived by naturalists as …

A fifth of reptiles are Data Deficient; many due to unknown population status. Monitoring
snake populations can be demanding due to crypsis and low population densities, with …

Aim Understanding biodiversity patterns is crucial for prioritizing future conservation efforts
and reducing the current rates of biodiversity loss. However, a large proportion of species …