All Outputs (9)

The effect of small-scale topography on patterns of endemism within islands (2019)
Journal Article

Topography influences evolutionary and ecological processes by isolating populations and by enhancing habitat diversity. While the effects of large-scale topography on patterns of species richness and endemism are increasingly well documented, the di... Read More about The effect of small-scale topography on patterns of endemism within islands.

Similar factors underlie tree abundance in forests in native and alien ranges (2019)
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© 2019 The Authors. Global Ecology and Biogeography published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd Aim: Alien plant species can cause severe ecological and economic problems, and therefore attract a lot of research interest in biogeography and related fields.... Read More about Similar factors underlie tree abundance in forests in native and alien ranges.

Extinction risk and conservation gaps for Aloe (Asphodelaceae) in the Horn of Africa (2019)
Journal Article

Identification of conservation priorities is essential for conservation planning, especially as the biodiversity crisis develops. We aimed to support conservation prioritisation by addressing knowledge gaps for the genus Aloe in the Horn of Africa. S... Read More about Extinction risk and conservation gaps for Aloe (Asphodelaceae) in the Horn of Africa.

Opinion: To advance sustainable stewardship, we must document not only biodiversity but geodiversity (2019)
Journal Article

Challenges and opportunities for biogeography-What can we still learn from von Humboldt? (2019)
Journal Article

Alexander von Humboldt was arguably the most influential scientist of his day. Although his fame has since lessened relative to some of his contemporaries, we argue that his influence remains strong-mainly because his approach to science inspired oth... Read More about Challenges and opportunities for biogeography-What can we still learn from von Humboldt?.

Global endemics-area relationships of vascular plants (2019)
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Endemics–Area Relationships (EARs) are fundamental in theoretical and applied biogeography for understanding distribution patterns and promoting biodiversity conservation. However, calculating EARs for vascular plant species from existing data is pro... Read More about Global endemics-area relationships of vascular plants.

Progress, challenges and opportunities for Red Listing (2019)
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Despite its recognition as an important global resource for conservation, the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species only provides assessments of extinction risk for a small and biased subset of known b... Read More about Progress, challenges and opportunities for Red Listing.

sPlot : a new tool for global vegetation analyses (2019)
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Questions: Vegetation-plot records provide information on presence and cover or abundance of plants co-occurring in the same community. Vegetation-plot data are spread across research groups, environmental agencies and biodiversity research centers,... Read More about sPlot : a new tool for global vegetation analyses.

A view from above: Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provide a new tool for assessing liana infestation in tropical forest canopies (2019)
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1. Tropical forests store and sequester large quantities of carbon, mitigating climate change. Lianas (woody vines) are important tropical forest components, most conspicuous in the canopy. Lianas reduce forest carbon uptake and their recent incre... Read More about A view from above: Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) provide a new tool for assessing liana infestation in tropical forest canopies.