This publication presents a critical update to the EcoVeg approach, establishing a unified, scientifically grounded framework for describing ecosystems at all scales. By bridging detailed regional classifications with a global context, this publication is a vital tool for advancing ecosystem conservation across scales and borders.
Pollinators are critical to maintaining terrestrial ecosystem function and the global food supply, but many are in decline. The major threats are climate change, agriculture, modifications to hydrological and fire regimes, and housing and urban development. These results can inform management actions to help prevent pollinator extinctions.
This article is a proposal to conserve the name Trillium erectum, commonly called the red trillium. This proposal will be voted on at the International Botanical Congress.
This publication introduces six new plant species, revisits taxonomic classifications, and records significant distribution updates for the flora of eastern North America and the southeastern Coastal Plain.
Governments recently committed to conserving 30% of land and seas, especially “areas of particular importance for biodiversity.” Reviewing site-based conservation approaches, we propose harnessing key biodiversity area criteria to target such locations.
A groundbreaking new study provides a comprehensive, review of Species of Greatest Conservation Need as designated in the last round of State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAPs), and offers actionable recommendations for enhancing these efforts in the next SWAP revisions due to be completed over the next couple of years.
A new study reveals that despite vast holdings of federal lands in the Western United States, the majority of migratory habitat for Western Monarchs lies on private lands, highlighting the need for a collaborative conservation approach.
NatureServe and Canadian ecologists completed a summary of the diversity of Canada’s temperate grasslands, using the Canadian National Vegetation Classification.
This study highlights the critical need to include more pollinating insects in State Wildlife Action Plans (SWAPs), which serve as blueprints for conserving our nation's fish and wildlife and preventing endangered species.
This study of our native and underappreciated Crabgrass formally declared a species previously found in New Hampshire as extinct, described a new species from Mexico, and highlighted the conservation needs of other species.