The temperate index is calculated from terrestrial and freshwater populations from the Palearctic and Nearctic realms, and marine populations found north or south of the tropics. The global tropical ...

In most cases, temperate forests regenerating naturally are of low quality, missing the original level of biodiversity (Dudley et al. 1986). Restoration has become important for various reasons ...

Conservation shifts harmful land use elsewhere, worsening biodiversity loss in more vulnerable regions globally.

Specialized pathogens may indeed have a stronger influence on tropical biodiversity than in temperate forests, but the link is more subtle than suspected. Stuart Davies, Director of the ForestGEO ...

Biodiversity loss has accelerated at an alarming rate in recent decades, driven largely by human activities such as clearing ...

This chapter describes some of the major terrestrial biomes in the world; tropical forests, savannas, deserts, temperate grasslands ... forests have the highest biodiversity and primary ...

A recent study has revealed that wealthy nations are significantly contributing to global biodiversity loss by driving ...