Information from natural history collections (NHCs) about the diversity, taxonomy and
historical distributions of species worldwide is becoming increasingly available over the …

To conserve biodiversity, it is necessary to understand how species are distributed and
which aspects of the environment determine distributions. In large parts of the world and for …

Spatial thinning of species occurrence records can help address problems associated with
spatial sampling biases. Ideally, thinning removes the fewest records necessary to …

The neotropical Atlantic Forest supports one of the highest degrees of species richness and
rates of endemism on the planet, but has also undergone a huge forest loss. However, there …

Abstract The Neotropical Atlantic Forest is one of the world's top biodiversity hotspot.
Originally, the forest extended over 1.5 million km 2 along the South American Atlantic coast …

In spite of increasing application of presence‐only models in ecology and conservation and
the growing number of such models, little is known about the relative performance of …

Data on the occurrence of species are widely used to inform the design of reserve networks.
These data contain commission errors (when a species is mistakenly thought to be present) …

Aim To design and apply statistical tests for measuring sampling bias in the raw data used to
the determine priority areas for conservation, and to discuss their impact on conservation …

A call has been made for conservation planners to include ecosystem services into their
assessments of conservation priority areas. The need to develop an integrated approach to …

Biodiversity priority areas together should represent the biodiversity of the region they are
situated in. To achieve this, biodiversity has to be measured, biodiversity goals have to be …