Geographical names and the entities they represent act as a fundamental cornerstone
across numerous disciplines. However, inconsistent geographical names and arbitrarily …

As the Anthropocene proceeds, the matrix in which remaining habitats are embedded is an
increasingly dominant component of altered landscapes. The matrix appears to have …

Background 'Megafire'is an emerging concept commonly used to describe fires that are
extreme in terms of size, behaviour, and/or impacts, but the term's meaning remains …

Ecological systems are quintessentially complex systems. Understanding and being able to
predict phenomena typical of complex systems is, therefore, critical to progress in ecology …

Large-scale anthropic conversion of natural ecosystems into human-dominated countryside
ecosystems has led to biodiversity loss worldwide. However, how countryside landscapes …

Abstract The 2019–2020'Black Summer'wildfires in Australia, a series of megafires and
gigafires, represent an unprecedented escalation in both the area burned and the extent of …

Driscoll et al.(Journal of Biogeography, 2019, 46, 2850–2859) provide a critique of
'Countryside Biogeography', but also include 'Conservation Biogeography'and 'Agriculture …

Land-use change threatens biodiversity and ecosystem services worldwide. Tropical areas
are currently particularly affected: natural ecosystems are being transformed into largescale …

Conservation biogeography was imagined as a distinct “applied and interdisciplinary
science concerned with the conservation of nature”(Whittaker and Ladle, 2011, p. 4) less …

In our recent Opinion [1], we called for better recognition of the contributions of quantitative
geography in conservation science. In this light, we are pleased that da Silva and Bueno [2] …