Forest inventories and biodiversity assessments have advanced from simple plot-based surveys towards integrated, multiscale approaches that combine field measurements, remote sensing and novel ...

Pitfall trapping remains a cornerstone technique for sampling ground-dwelling arthropods in ecological, conservation and agricultural contexts. A pitfall trap typically consists of a container buried ...

To effectively protect biodiversity in an era of climate change, ecologists first have to know where animal and plant species are located and then be able to predict what habitats will be available to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new study published in the open-access Biodiversity Data Journal suggests that spider webs—particularly those incorporating ...