Global terrestrial ecosystems encompass an immense diversity of habitats nurturing biodiversity and providing critical and irreplaceable ecosystem services and functions 1. Thus, in the ongoing ...
A thousand kilometers south of Tokyo, far into the largest ocean on Earth, lies a chain of small, volcanic islands—the Ogasawara Islands. Nature has been able to develop on its own terms here, far ...
Conservation biologist Dimby Raharinjanahary spent years walking through Madagascar’s forests, counting some of the island’s most visible species, such as lemurs and birds. Raharinjanahary was head of ...
A team of scientists have discovered that two air quality monitoring stations in the U.K. also collected DNA samples that could benefit biodiversity monitoring. Scientists analyzed DNA samples trapped ...
The biodiversity of Madagascar, the wildlife surveys carried out in Madagascar, endemic species of Madagascar, rainforest conservation, biodiversity monitoring in Madagascar, and research into ecology ...
The global crisis of diminishing biological diversity is challenging our current ability to monitor changes in ecosystems. Environmental DNA, or eDNA, has become a popular method. It involves taking a ...
Mutualistic plant-animal interactions for seed dispersal are crucial for vegetation dynamics, benefiting over half of the world’s plant species. Beyond the tropics, the Mediterranean biome harbors the ...
Halting biodiversity loss requires companies to minimise their negative impact on biodiversity, i.e. their biodiversity footprint. So far, however, biodiversity footprint assessment tools have been in ...
School-aged pupils and university students join UNESCO environmental DNA sampling in the Sundarbans, Bangladesh. © Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University A dynamic ...