Ecuador belongs to the megadiverse countries of the world. However, the high diversity in
species, ecosystems and their services are under threat by land use changes, invasive …

Montane ecosystems are known for their high numbers of endemic species, unique climate
conditions, and wide variety of ecosystem services such as water supply and carbon …

Ecuador's territory harbors a unique set of species and ecosystems, many of them endemic
to the countries' territory and subject to different sources of threat of anthropogenic origin …

The high tropical Andes host one of the richest alpine floras of the world, with exceptionally
high levels of endemism and turnover rates. Yet, little is known about the patterns and …

Abstract The Tropical Andes (TA) contain some of the most important and threatened areas
for biodiversity conservation on earth. Despite the proportion of protected areas (PAs) that …

Background: The Amazon to Andes transition zone provides large expanses of relatively
pristine forest wilderness across environmental gradients. Such elevational gradients are an …

Macro‐scale species richness studies often use museum specimens as their main source of
information. However, such datasets are often strongly biased due to variation in sampling …

Resumen Tejedor Garavito, N., Álvarez, E., Arango Caro, S., Araujo Murakami, A., Blundo,
C., Boza Espinosa, TE, La Torre Cuadros, MA, Gaviria, J., Gutiérrez, N., Jørgensen, PM …

Globally, a majority of people use plants as a primary source of healthcare and introduced
plants are increasingly discussed as medicine. Protecting this resource for human health …

The Neotropics harbour the most diverse flora and fauna on Earth. The Andes are a major
centre of diversification and source of diversity for adjacent areas in plants and vertebrates …