19 September 2018

Potential changes in the distribution of Carnegiea gigantea under future scenarios

"The iconic towering Saguaro, seemingly timeless and unchanging, is vulnerable to climate change. The work by Albuquerque and colleagues provide new insights into how the saguaro may fare under changing climate across the desert landscape of the future. Indigenous Peoples, desert ecologists, policymakers and the public will find this study of relevance when considering the impacts of global warming on the iconic cactus."

Bruno Marino, Handling Editor

5 September 2018

Impacts of climate change on infestations of Dubas bug (Ommatissus lybicus Bergevin) on date palms in Oman

"This article is important since the research in the projections of host-pathogen interaction in arid tropics is rather limited, although it influences a rapidly increasing human population"

Leonardo Montagnani, Handling Editor

29 August 2018

Detection and phylogenetic analysis of adenoviruses occurring in a single anole species

"The manuscript describes 3 different clades of adenoviruses in Anolis sagrei lizards from the Bahamas and Cayman islands."

Fernando Spilki, Handling Editor

14 August 2018

Multilocus molecular systematics of the circumtropical reef-fish genus Abudefduf (Pomacentridae): history, geography and ecology of speciation

"A near complete phylogeny of the group, and a fine study that makes initial strides in disentangling the potential drivers of differences in speciation rates between benthivorous and planktivorous clades."

Tomas Hrbek, Handling Editor

9 July 2018

A Pan-Amazonian species delimitation: high species diversity within the genus Amazophrynella (Anura: Bufonidae)

"The paper contribute to the knowledge of an the Amazonian Biodiversity and of an unknown Amazonian anfibia"

Patricia Gandini, Handling Editor

22 June 2018

Low resolution scans can provide a sufficiently accurate, cost- and time-effective alternative to high resolution scans for 3D shape analyses

"The many different scanning methodologies now available are being used across many different research fields. Thus, the results of this study of high interest to researchers in a variety of disciplines."

Philip Cox, Handling Editor

15 June 2018

Primates in peril: the significance of Brazil, Madagascar, Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo for global primate conservation

"Comprehensive approach to reviewing literature and available data focused on primate conservation in critical zones."

Kara Hoover, Handling Editor

1 June 2018

Community involvement works where enforcement fails: conservation success through community-based management of Amazon river turtle nests

"Community based conservation efforts in the Amazon region deserves more attention than it receives given the anthropogenic and climate change pressures on the region. Results for community organized conservation of the Amazonian yellow-spotted river turtles (Podocnemis unifili) demonstrates the utility and success of this approach."

Bruno Marino, Handling Editor

1 June 2018

Phytoregionalisation of the Andean páramo

"Its global scale, considering all plant communities from the Andean Biodiversity hotspots is important"

Victoria Sosa, Handling Editor

28 May 2018

Change of niche in guanaco (Lama guanicoe): the effects of climate change on habitat suitability and lineage conservatism in Chile

"Climate change in Chile may affect historic habitats for the guanaco, however, these changes are uncertain. This study presents insights into perturbation of guanaco habitat and implications for conservation of the lineage. The study has implications for past, present and future guanaco studies."

Bruno Marino, Handling Editor