The availability of public genomic resources can greatly assist biodiversity assessment,
conservation, and restoration efforts by providing evidence for scientifically informed …

Tropical biotas provide excellent settings in which to explore mechanisms of evolutionary
diversification, yet these processes remain poorly understood. Pioneering work on biodiversity …

Progress in genome sequencing now enables the large-scale generation of reference genomes.
Various international initiatives aim to generate reference genomes representing global …

Amphibians are in decline worldwide. However, their patterns of diversity, especially in the
tropics, are not well understood, mainly because of incomplete information on taxonomy and …

Background Identifying species of organisms by short sequences of DNA has been in the
center of ongoing discussions under the terms DNA barcoding or DNA taxonomy. A C-terminal …

Globally, priority areas for biodiversity are relatively well known, yet few detailed plans exist
to direct conservation action within them, despite urgent need. Madagascar, like other …

Amphibians globally are in decline, yet there is still a tremendous amount of unrecognized
diversity, calling for an acceleration of taxonomic exploration. This process will be greatly …

A precise knowledge of the spatial distribution of taxa is essential for decision-making
processes in land management and biodiversity conservation, both for present and under future …

Amphibians are thought to be unable to disperse over ocean barriers because they do not
tolerate the osmotic stress of salt water. Their distribution patterns have therefore generally …

A phylogeny and timescale derived from analyses of multilocus nuclear DNA sequences for
Holarctic genera of plethodontid salamanders reveal them to be an old radiation whose …