There have been five Mass Extinction events in the history of Earth's biodiversity, all caused
by dramatic but natural phenomena. It has been claimed that the Sixth Mass Extinction may …

Abstract By 2030, an additional 1.2 billion people are forecast in urban areas globally. We
review the scientific literature (n= 922 studies) to assess direct and indirect impacts of urban …

Knowledge on the distribution and abundance of organisms is fundamental to
understanding their roles within ecosystems and their ecological importance for other taxa …

Insects are the focus of many recent studies suggesting population declines, but even
invaluable pollination service providers such as bees lack a modern distributional synthesis …

Despite substantial progress in understanding global biodiversity loss, major taxonomic and
geographic knowledge gaps remain. Decision makers often rely on expert judgement to fill …

Soil invertebrate communities represent a significant fraction of global biodiversity and play
crucial roles in ecosystems. A number of human activities threaten soil communities, in …

Soils harbor a substantial fraction of the world's biodiversity, contributing to many crucial
ecosystem functions. It is thus essential to identify general macroecological patterns related …

In recent decades, entomologists have documented alarming declines in occurrence,
taxonomic richness, and geographic range of insects around the world. Additionally, some …

We are facing a biodiversity crisis at the same time as we are acquiring an unprecedented
view of the world's biodiversity. Vast new datasets (eg, species distributions, traits …

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species
is central in biodiversity conservation, but insufficient resources hamper its long-term growth …