Projecting Untruncated Climate Change Effects on Species' Climate Suitability: Insights From an Alpine Country
Climate projections for continental Europe indicate drier summers, increased annual precipitation, and less snowy winters, which are expected to cause shifts in species' distributions. Yet, most regions/countries currently lack comprehensive climate‐driven biodiversity projections across taxonomic g…
Keep Calm and Digitize Everything
Abstract Accessibility and interoperability of biodiversity data are pivotal for research. Thus, the mobilization of natural history specimens data should be a priority task, which could be addressed by mean of digitization. Digital specimen are for a wealth of different uses, ranging from taxon…
Exploring novel North Water Polynya ecosystems under climate change
Climate change is rapidly reshaping species distributions in the Arctic, which could profoundly impact ecosystem structure and function. While considerable effort has focused on projecting future species distributions, assessing the impacts of range-shifting species on recipient communities and subs…
Amazonian amphibians: diversity, spatial distribution patterns, conservation and sampling deficits
AbstractThe Amazon biome is home to the largest tropical forest on the planet and has the greatest global biodiversity on Earth. Despite this, several less charismatic taxonomic groups, such as amphibians, lack comprehensive studies on their species richness and spatial distribution in the Amazon Re…
Applications of Environmnental DNA Metabarcoding in Stream Biomonitoring
Advancements in genetic technology and processing allows for the presence of loose genetic material in the environment to become a resource, capable of assisting habitat and wildlife management efforts by providing information about organisms in a region without having to disturb or disrupt the orga…
Global risk dynamics of Borrelia miyamotoi in the context of climate change
The impact of Borrelia miyamotoi on human health, facilitated by the expanding geographical distribution and increasing population of Ixodes ticks, remains obscure in the context of global climate change. We employed multiple models to evaluate the effect of global climate change on the risk of B. m…
Prospects for the Spread of the Invasive Oriental River Prawn Macrobrachium nipponense: Potentials and Risks for Aquaculture in Europe
Climate change has amplified the threat posed by aquatic invasive species as potential disruptors of biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Species Distribution Models (MaxEnt) based on original data and ecological variables have identified contemporary seven global centers of the oriental rivel pr…
Genetic relationships of populations of the Black Kite Milvus migrans (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae) in the east of its range in Asia and Australia
While the Black Kite Milvus migrans is one of the most widespread birds of prey, occurring over Eurasia, Africa and Australia, it remains poorly understood outside of Europe, with southeast Asian populations particularly mysterious as their taxonomy is based on outdated morphological data. The subsp…
Biogeography of the Iranian snakes
The events of the Cenozoic era such as mountain formation caused Iran to become one of the most amazing biodiversity hotspots in the world today. This pioneering study on Iranian snake biogeography integrates historical and ecological analyses. A phylogeographic review traces speciation and dispersa…
A Latitudinal Gradient of Reference Genomes
Global inequality rooted in legacies of colonialism and uneven development can lead to systematic biases in scientific knowledge. In ecology and evolutionary biology, findings, funding and research effort are disproportionately concentrated at high latitudes, while biological diversity is concentrat…
Climate Futures for Lizards and Snakes in Western North America May Result in New Species Management Issues
We assessed changes in fundamental climate‐niche space for lizard and snake species in western North America under modeled climate scenarios to inform natural resource managers of possible shifts in species distributions. We generated eight distribution models for each of 130 snake and lizard specie…
The geomorphic work of the European mole (Talpa europaea): Long‐term monitoring of molehills using structure‐from‐motion photogrammetry
AbstractMoles—small insectivorous mammals of the family Talpidae—are widespread across the Northern Hemisphere. These subterranean mammals are easily detected through the mounds, or molehills, they construct as surface bioproducts of tunnel systems excavated underground. The dense aggregation of the…
Predicting species distributions in the open ocean with convolutional neural networks
As biodiversity plummets due to anthropogenic disturbances, the conservation of oceanic species is made harder by limited knowledge of their distributions and migrations. Indeed, tracking species distributions in the open ocean is particularly challenging due to the scarcity of observations and the …
Thaumastura cora
Thaumastura cora has most recently been assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2024. Thaumastura cora has been listed as Least Concern.
Onychorhynchus occidentalis
Onychorhynchus occidentalis has most recently been assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2024. Onychorhynchus occidentalis has been listed as Near Threatened under criteria C2a(i).
Geronticus calvus
Geronticus calvus has most recently been assessed for The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species in 2024. Geronticus calvus has been listed as Near Threatened under criteria A3c; C2a(ii).
Distributions of non‐native and native plants are not determined by the same environmental factors
Global environmental change will cause shifts in species communities, with non‐native species likely replacing native ones at an unprecedented rate. This will have consequences for biodiversity and ecosystem services, in addition to the ecological and economic damage caused by those non‐native speci…
Global climate change impacts on the potential distribution of typical Trachinotus fishes and early warning assessment of invasions
Marine habitats and ecosystems are increasingly being impacted by global climate change and the global spread of captive breeding. In this study, we focused on five typical Trachinotus species (Trachinotus anak, Trachinotus blochii, Trachinotus mookalee, Trachinotus goreenisi, Trachinotus ovatus) as…
Comparative analysis of amphibian genomes: An emerging resource for basic and applied research
Amphibians are the most threatened group of vertebrates and are in dire need of conservation intervention to ensure their continued survival. They exhibit unique features including a high diversity of reproductive strategies, permeable and specialized skin capable of producing toxins and antimicrobi…
The dynamics of wildVitisspecies in response to climate change facilitate the breeding of grapevine and its rootstocks with climate resilience
Climate change poses significant challenges to agricultural suitability and food security due to the limited adaptability of domesticated crops, however, our understanding of their climate adaptability is still limited. In this study, we compare the potential distributional dynamics in response to f…
Myrmecophaga tridactyla (Linnaeus, 1758) subfossils from Abismo Anhumas, Bonito/MS, Brazil: Morphology, isotopic habitat (δ13C, δ18O), radiocarbon dat…
Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus, 1758 is the largest extant anteater, being distributed in most biomes from southern Central America and northern South America. Herein, we analyzed cranial and postcranial elements of three partial skeletons of M. tridactyla found submerged in Abismo Anhumas cave (B…
Assessment of risks posed by import of live medicinal leeches to biodiversity in Norway
The Norwegian Environment Agency has asked VKM to evaluate the risks to biodiversity associated with the import of two species of leeches to Norway, Hirudo medicinalis and H. verbana (so-called medicinal leeches). In addition, they ask that the project group suggest mitigating measures that could re…
A slippery slope: assessing the amphibian extinction crisis through the lens of climate refugia
In a time of increasing climate uncertainty, it is ever important to identify and preserve refuges for species, optimizing the effort to cover the largest possible number of clades. Climatic refugia are areas of climatic stability that will remain suitable for species over time under multiple climat…
Identification of urban trees at risk due to climate change- A case study of Tianjin city
Climate change poses a threat to the health and survival of urban trees. To bolster the resilience and adaptability of urban trees to climate change impacts, an essential step involves assessing the risks faced by urban trees due to climatic shifts. Based on key climate variables including Annual Me…
Integrating Biotic Interactions In Niche Analyses Unravels Patterns Of Community Composition in Clownfishes
Biotic interactions shape the ecology of species and communities, yet their integration into ecological niche modeling meth- ods remains challenging. Despite being a central topic of research for the past decade, the impact of biotic interactions on species distributions and community composition is…