Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding is increasingly used to study the present and
past biodiversity. eDNA analyses often rely on amplification of very small quantities or …

Aim Analyses of biogeographical patterns and macroecology of islands require large
datasets reporting the occurrence of species. The Mediterranean region is a biodiversity …

Aim Habitat loss and degradation are the factors threatening the largest number of
amphibian species. However, quantitative measures of habitat availability only exist for a …

Context A landscape is defined as a “system of ecosystems” and this is a model in which
karst areas can easily be integrated. In karst areas, much of the connectivity between the …

The Darwinian shortfall, ie the lack of knowledge of phylogenetic relationships, significantly
impedes our understanding of evolutionary drivers of global patterns of biodiversity. Spatial …

Context There have been many studies using species distribution models (SDMs) to predict
shifts in species distributions due to environmental changes, but few consider effects of data …

Abstract Aim The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) expert range maps
and the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) species occurrence data are …

Aim Effort in collecting biodiversity information often varies strongly in space and may be
driven by environmental, cultural and socio‐economic factors. Understanding the constraints …

Podarcis wall lizards are endemic to the Mediterranean Basin where they represent the
predominant reptile group. Despite being extensively used as model organisms in …

Measuring population changes and trends is essential to identify threatened species, and is
requested by several environmental regulations (eg European Habitat Directive). However …