The use of functional diversity analyses in ecology has grown exponentially over the past
two decades, broadening our understanding of biological diversity and its change across …

Invasive alien species (IAS) poses a significant threat to plant biodiversity globally and even
considered one of the largest threats to biodiversity, second to habitat loss. They behave as …

Species distribution models (SDMs) are statistical tools that relate species observations to
environmental conditions to retrieve ecological niches and predict species' potential …

Plants produce large numbers of phytochemical compounds affecting plant physiology and
interactions with their biotic and abiotic environment. Recently, chemodiversity has attracted …

It is increasingly evident that the plant microbiome is a strong determinant of plant health.
While the ability to manipulate the microbiome in plants and ecosystems recovering from …

The performance of full-scale biological wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) depends on
the operational and environmental conditions of treatment systems. However, we do not …

To meet the COP15 biodiversity framework in the European Union (EU), one target is to
protect 30% of its land by 2030 through a resilient transnational conservation network. The …

Grasslands are among the most threatened terrestrial biomes, and habitat conservation
alone will be insufficient to meet biodiversity goals. While restoration of indigenous …

There has recently been an explosion of studies implicating the human microbiome in
playing a critical role in many disease and wellness states. The etiology of abnormal semen …

Functional diversity is widely used and widespread. However, the main packages used to
compute functional diversity indices are not flexible and not adapted to the volume of data …