Photoautotrophic surface communities forming biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are crucial
for soil stability as well as water, nutrient and trace gas cycling at regional and global scales …

The family Mustelidae is the largest among the order Carnivora. While we know a great deal
about certain species, there is still a lack of information about many mustelids. We first …

With rising urbanization, the presence of urban wildlife is becoming more common,
increasing the need for wildlife‐friendly spaces in urban planning. Despite this …

Local biodiversity monitoring is important to assess the effects of global change, but also to
evaluate the performance of landscape and wildlife protection, since large-scale …

The growing needs for agricultural expansion and intensification will likely continue to
reduce and fragment the terrestrial habitats fundamental to mammalian carnivores. Recent …

Over the past decades, Western European hedgerows have been declining as a result of
land use change. Disused infrastructure corridors such as railways and tramways can host a …

Habitat loss and landscape degradation affect carnivorous mammal populations and the
ecosystem services they provide, but these services are poorly assessed in semi-arid …

Scaling is a key process in modelling approaches since it allows for translating information
from one scale to another. However, the success of this procedure may depend on …

Understanding the factors determining the spatial distribution of species is a major
challenge in ecology and conservation. This study tests the use of ecosystem functioning …

Abstract Context Many Mediterranean ecosystems are human-dominated landscapes
comprising a mosaic of agricultural, natural and semi-natural habitats alongside urban …