Bioindication has become an indispensable part of water quality monitoring in most
countries of the world, with the presence and abundance of bioindicator taxa, mostly …

Drylands make up roughly 40% of the Earth's land surface, and billions of people depend on
services provided by these critically important ecosystems. Despite their relatively sparse …

Local biodiversity trends over time are likely to be decoupled from global trends, as local
processes may compensate or counteract global change. We analyze 161 long-term …

In the face of the growing challenges brought about by human activities, effective planning
and decision-making in biodiversity and ecosystem conservation, restoration, and …

Through litter decomposition enormous amounts of carbon is emitted to the atmosphere.
Numerous large-scale decomposition experiments have been conducted focusing on this …

Understanding and predicting the ecological consequences of different management
alternatives is becoming increasingly important to support environmental management …

Mountain ecosystems are sensitive and reliable indicators of climate change. Long-term
studies may be extremely useful in assessing the responses of high-elevation ecosystems to …

Core Ideas OZCAR is a network of sites studying the critical zone. OZCAR covers various
disciplines. OZCAR will help disciplines to work together for a better representation and …

DNA metabarcoding of freshwater communities typically relies on PCR amplification of a
fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I (COI) gene with degenerate primers …

Plans are currently being drafted for the next decade of action on biodiversity—both the post‐
2020 Global Biodiversity Framework of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and …