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BIEN: A biodiversity informatics ecosystem advancing open and reproducible workflows for plant observation, plot and trait data

Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 17, Issue 5, Page 1556-1584, May 2026.
Abstract The rapid expansion of biodiversity data presents new opportunities to understand and forecast biosphere dynamics. However, disparate and dispersed data, taxonomic and geographic inconsistencies, pervasive quality issues, and a lack of reproducable workflows hinder synthesis, introduce biases and limit accurate assessment of biodiversity ...
Brian J. Enquist, Brad Boyle, Brian S. Maitner, Cory Merow, Ben S. Carlson, Xiao Feng, Gabriel M. Moulatlet, Erica A. Newman, Daniel S. Park, Michiel Pillet, Patrick R. Roehrdanz, Josep M. Serra‐Diaz, Rethvick S. Y. Babu, George G. C. Barbosa, Nathan Casler, John C. Donoghue II, Daniel Guaderrama, Rohith K. Sajja, Thomas L. P. Couvreur, Matthew B. Jones, Peter M. Jørgensen, Nathan J. B. Kraft, Pablo A. Marquet, Brian J. McGill, Nirav Merchant, Naia Morueta‐Holme, Danilo M. Neves, Ary Oliveira‐Filho, Robert K. Peet, Oliver Phillips, Brody Sandel, Mark Schildhauer, Irena Simova, Hans ter Steege, Jens‐Christian Svenning, Barbara Thiers, Cyrille Violle, Jan J. Wieringa, Susan K. Wiser   +38 more
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Forest Recovery or Shrubland Assembly? Vegetation Dynamics in Abandoned Atlantic Forest Highland Pastures

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 3, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Understanding successional trajectories in abandoned lands is critical for predicting forest recovery potential in the Atlantic Forest, a global biodiversity hotspot. Over a decade of field monitoring (2014–2025) in permanent plots in the subtropical highlands of southern Brazil, we analyzed the dynamics of tree‐shrub components in abandoned ...
Maria Julia Carvalho Cruz, Ana Carolina da Silva, Karla Juliana Silva da Costa, Drielly Bentes Gomes, Guilherme Schneider de Moura, Samuel de Barros Silva, Pedro Higuchi   +6 more
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The Flooding Gradient Affects Seed Dispersal by Fruit‐Eating Fishes in Amazonian Whitewater Floodplain Forests

Biotropica, Volume 58, Issue 3, May 2026.
This research approaches the interaction between frugivorous fish and the flooded forests in the central Amazon. We evaluated the fruit consumption by fish and the seed dispersal potential along the flood gradient. We tested the hypothesis that the role of fish as seed dispersers varies between low várzea (LV) and high várzea (HV) forests.
Gilvan Costa, Sandra Bibiana Correa, Florian Wittmann, Jochen Schöngart, Maria Teresa Fernandez Piedade, Efrem Jorge Ferreira, Leonardo Maltchik   +6 more
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Diversity and structure of riparian forests in an industrial and urban hub of the Amazon. [PDF]

Environ Monit Assess
de Matos Rodrigues JI, Martins WBR, de Lima Guedes M, de Assis Oliveira F, Ferreira GC.   +4 more
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Ticking the box: Does a decision support framework for management planning improve protected area management effectiveness?

Conservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 5, May 2026.
Protected area (PA) management effectiveness assessment tools like the METT help conservation agencies demonstrate accountability but often oversimplify complex management realities, leading to METT indicator compliance rather than positive conservation outcomes. Applying a decision support framework like the Conservation Standards to 38 Cape Floristic
Natalie A. Hayward, Dirk J. Roux, Karen J. Esler, Sjirk Geerts   +3 more
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Spatiotemporal shifts in floristic composition under afforestation and climate variability in the sacred sites of Makkah, Saudi Arabia. [PDF]

Biodivers Data J
Fadl M, Hassan W, Korany SM, Alsherif E.
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Urban Bushland Wildfire Adaptation: Lessons From Managing Grassland Biodiversity and Woody Thickening on the Queens Domain, Hobart, Tasmania

Ecological Management &Restoration, Volume 27, Issue 2, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Urban bushland fragments have important natural and social values. Their management is challenging because they typically have experienced complex historical disturbances, making it difficult to settle on the most appropriate restoration targets. We illustrate these issues by chronicling vegetation and fire regime changes in the Queens Domain,
David M. J. S. Bowman, Calum X. Cunningham, Scott M. Foyster, Melanie S. C. Gent, William N. Redding, Liu Zhao, Lynda D. Prior   +6 more
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Drivers of floristic discovery in a temperate flora: insights from three decades of vascular plant records in Ukraine. [PDF]

Bot Stud
Peregrym M, Olshanskyi I, Zhygalova S.
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Multi‐Year Monitoring of Small, Threatened Macropods in Two Subtropical Australian Forests Reveals Varied Stability Between Northern Long‐Nosed Potoroo (Potorous tridactylus tridactylus) Populations

Ecological Management &Restoration, Volume 27, Issue 2, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Multi‐year population studies are central to conservation efforts to help determine the status of populations and the necessity of interventions. Small, threatened macropod marsupials are highly susceptible to decline and extinction, yet few studies report multi‐year dynamics of their populations.
Dusty McLean, Ross Goldingay
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Characterising Ecosystem Composition, Structure and Function of Alternative Stable States in Temperate Forests of South‐Eastern Australia

Global Change Biology, Volume 32, Issue 5, May 2026.
Alternative stable states established following repeated short‐interval fires in resprouting Eucalyptus temperate forests were associated with declines across multiple ecosystem functions. For example, carbon storage potential was significantly reduced (b: p < 0.001), with alternative states storing substantially less carbon than reference forests ...
Aaron E. Heap, Tom A. Fairman, Trent D. Penman, Lauren T. Bennett   +3 more
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