Comprehensive assessments of species’ extinction risks have documented the extinction
crisis 1 and underpinned strategies for reducing those risks 2. Global assessments reveal that, …

The distributions of amphibians, birds and mammals have underpinned global and local
conservation priorities, and have been fundamental to our understanding of the determinants of …

In 1847, Karl Bergmann proposed that temperature gradients are the key to understanding
geographic variation in the body sizes of warm‐blooded animals. Yet both the geographic …

Aim We reviewed the occurrence of Bergmann's rule in birds (ninety‐four species) and
mammals (149 species), using only studies where statistical significance of the results was tested…

To meet the ambitious objectives of biodiversity and climate conventions, the international
community requires clarity on how these objectives can be operationalized spatially and how …

Human activities, especially conversion and degradation of habitats, are causing global
biodiversity declines. How local ecological assemblages are responding is less clear—a …

Motivation over the last 12 years I have been collecting trait and geographic data on lizards.
These data could be useful for scientists studying this remarkable reptilian radiation. …

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 …

Species richness is commonly thought to increase with habitat diversity. However, a recent
theoretical model aiming to unify niche and island biogeography theories predicted a hump‐…