Benchmark studies of insect populations are increasingly relevant and needed amid
accelerating concern about insect trends in the Anthropocene. The growing recognition that …

The causes of biodiversity change are of great scientific interest and central to policy efforts
aimed at meeting biodiversity targets. Changes in species diversity and high rates of …

Synthesizing trait observations and knowledge across the Tree of Life remains a grand
challenge for biodiversity science. Species traits are widely used in ecological and …

Concern about the functional consequences of unprecedented loss in biodiversity has
prompted biodiversity–ecosystem functioning (BEF) research to become one of the most …

Abstract The Northeast Atlantic, a highly productive maritime area, has been exposed to a
wide range of direct human pressures, such as fishing, shipping, coastal development …

Understanding Earth system dynamics in light of ongoing human intervention and
dependency remains a major scientific challenge. The unprecedented availability of data …

Executive summary How can we effectively maintain and enhance forest biodiversity in
Europe? hampered efforts to build a standardised, EU-level overview of how forest …

Recent progress in remote sensing provides much-needed, large-scale spatio-temporal
information on habitat structures important for biodiversity conservation. Here we examine …

Abstract The Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) is Australia's national biodiversity database,
delivering data and related services to more than 80,000 Australian and international users …

The world is firmly cemented in a notitian age (Latin: notitia, meaning data)–drowning in
data, yet thirsty for information and the synthesis of knowledge into understanding. As …