8 October 2025

From lowlands to highlands: how elevation and habitat complexity drive anuran multidimensional diversity?

"This study will be of interest to researchers working on anurans, but also researchers in the field of ecology in general, and those interested in habitat shift and adaptation specifically."

Anindita Bhadra, Handling Editor

30 September 2025

Spatially explicit models of density improve estimates of Eastern Bering Sea beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) abundance and distribution from line-transect surveys

"This paper offers a framework to support the selection of estimation methods for population abundance from line transect data."

Matteo Zucchetta, Handling Editor

23 September 2025

On the composition and temporal dynamics of a snake community at the Cerrado-Amazonia ecotone

"This work provides information on the dynamics of a little-explored topic: the dynamics of a Brazilian snake community."

Javier Manjarrez, Handling Editor

22 September 2025

Distribution and evolution of the western European water frogs (genus Pelophylax) from Catalonia, northeastern Spain

"The study molecularly identifies the aquatic frog species present in Catalonia, in addition to exploring the reproductive system and spatial structure of the Pelophylax hybrid."

Javier Manjarrez, Handling Editor

29 August 2025

Seasonally frugivorous forest birds and window collision fatalities: novel integration of bird counts in fall improves assessment of species vulnerability to collisions

"This study presents valuable and relevant information on university campuses as important sources of bird collision mortality."

Javier Manjarrez, Handling Editor

25 August 2025

No pump, no problem: evaluating passive eDNA sampling for marine biomonitoring of a nuisance macroalga

"The article demonstrates that passive eDNA samplers are effective in detecting cryptic taxa, even at low abundances (<1%), and represent a cost-effective, versatile, and scalable alternative to active filtration — particularly in remote or resource-limited settings."

Federica Costantini, Handling Editor

19 August 2025

Avian biodiversity in central California vineyards

"This study evaluates how the structural, natural and anthropogenic characteristics of vineyards in California influence the occupancy of avian species, their taxonomic diversity and their functional diversity."

Javier Manjarrez, Handling Editor

14 July 2025

Developing a threat risk register based on the IUCN threat hierarchy for five tropical Important Plant Areas in Guinea

"This research shows the problems with effective protection of forests and presents tools for better protection."

Giuseppe Fenu, Handling Editor

10 July 2025

Cryptic diversity on the genus Caenolestes (Caenolestidae: Paucituberculata) in the Ecuadorian Andes

"This study presents very valuable and relevant information on diversity of marsupial genus Caenolestes."

Javier Manjarrez, Handling Editor

22 April 2025

eDNA metabarcoding shows highly diverse but distinct shallow, mid-water, and deep-water eukaryotic communities within a marine biodiversity hotspot

"The Authors highlighted, using environmental DNA metabarcoding, how shallow communities are differentiated by deeper ones and that the deep reef refugia hypothesis is not supported for most taxa. Their findings stressed how it is essential to develop conservation strategies on deep ecosystems since they can be affected by similar climatic and human-related stressors as their shallow counterpart."

Federica Costantini, Handling Editor