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

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

Metabarcoding of complex metazoan communities is increasingly being used to measure
biodiversity in terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, revolutionizing our ability to …

Under global change, the ion concentration of aquatic ecosystems is changing worldwide.
Many freshwater ecosystems are being salinized by anthropogenic salt inputs, whereas many …

Many Mediterranean streams in arid and semiarid areas are naturally saline systems due to
the presence of evaportic rocks of Miocene or Triassic origin. Despite the fact that these …

Aim In aquatic ecosystems, standing (lentic) and running (lotic) waters differ fundamentally
in their stability and persistence, shaping the comparative population genetic structure, …

Biological communities inhabiting the soil are among the most diversified, complex and yet
most poorly studied terrestrial ecosystems. The greatest knowledge gaps apply to the …

Soil arthropod communities are highly diverse and critical for ecosystem functioning. However,
our knowledge of spatial structure and the underlying processes of community assembly …

High‐throughput DNA methods hold great promise for the study of taxonomically intractable
mesofauna of the soil. Here, we assess species diversity and community structure in a …

Ongoing global climate change presents serious challenges in conservation biology, forcing
us to revisit previous tools and principles based on how species may respond to novel …