Reconciling empathy with the utilitarian approach to biodiversity conservation
Tag: Biodiversity
Multispecies migratory connectivity indicates hemispheric-scale risk to bird populations from global change
Global agreements to reduce the extinction risk of migratory species depend critically on intersecting migratory connectivity—the linking of indi…
Legacies of temperature fluctuations promote stability in marine biofilm communities
The increasing frequency and intensity of extreme climate events are driving significant biodiversity shifts across ecosystems. Yet, the extent to …
Land use conversion increases network complexity and stability of soil microbial communities in a temperate grassland
Soils harbor highly diverse microbial communities that are critical to soil health, but agriculture has caused extensive land use conversion result…
Request for public discussion and ballot to amend SeqCode rules on priority of Candidatus names and correction of typographic and orthographic errors
Introduction The Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes Described from Sequence Data, or SeqCode, is a new code of nomenclature in which genome sequences are the…
Arctic bacterial diversity and connectivity in the coastal margin of the Last Ice Area
Arctic climate change is leading to sea-ice attrition in the Last Ice Area along the northern coast of Canada and Greenland, but less attention has…
Enhanced specificity of Bacillus metataxonomics using a tuf-targeted amplicon sequencing approach
Bacillus species are ubiquitous in nature and have tremendous application potential in agriculture, medicine, and industry. However, the ind…