Biogeography articles from across Nature Portfolio

Biogeography is the study of the large-scale distribution of species. It investigates how these distributions change over time and the processes that govern distribution patterns.

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29 March 2023 | Open Access

Spaceborne LiDAR reveals the effectiveness of European Protected Areas in conserving forest height and vertical structure

Protected areas are effective in preserving the height and vertical structure of European forests, according to an analysis of spaceborne data from the Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation.
- Guido Ceccherini
- , Marco Girardello
- & Alessandro Cescatti
Communications Earth & Environment 4, 97
Research
27 March 2023 | Open Access

A database of freshwater macroinvertebrate occurrence records across Cuba
- Yusdiel Torres-Cambas
- , Yoandri S. Megna
- & Sami Domisch
Scientific Data 10, 169
Research
25 March 2023 | Open Access

Aqueous habitats and carbon inputs shape the microscale geography and interaction ranges of soil bacteria

A modelling framework predicts the spatial distribution of soil bacterial communities at sub-millimeter scales across varied climate conditions and soil types.
- Samuel Bickel
- & Dani Or
Communications Biology 6, 322
Research | 25 March 2023

Genetic footprints of a rapid and large-scale range expansion: the case of cyclic common vole in Spain
- Julio C. Domínguez
- , Fernando Alda
- & Jesús T. García
Heredity, 1-13
Research
24 March 2023 | Open Access

A new, rare, small-ranged, and endangered mountain snake of the genus Elaphe from the Southern Levant
- Daniel Jablonski
- , Marco Antônio Ribeiro-Júnior
- & Shai Meiri
Scientific Reports 13, 4839
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17 March 2023 | Open Access

The broad scale impact of climate change on planning aerial wildlife surveys with drone-based thermal cameras
- Annalysa M. Camacho
- , Humberto L. Perotto-Baldivieso
- & Shad D. Nelson
Scientific Reports 13, 4455

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Research Highlights | 01 March 2023

Open-source software for geospatial analysis

Isamar Cortés discusses how Python-based open-source software can be used to process satellite data.
- Isamar M. Cortés
Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 4, 143
News & Views | 30 January 2023

Pollinators and the habitat fragmentation puzzle

A study of plant–pollinator networks in a fragmented island landscape in China finds that habitat edges might not be bad for biodiversity.
- Pavel Dodonov
- & Eliana Cazetta
Nature Ecology & Evolution 7, 314-315
News & Views | 30 June 2022

Mangrove forests are facing challenges from global seawater density changes

Climate change affects sea surface density via changes in the sea surface temperature and salinity. These projected sea surface density changes are likely to affect the dispersal patterns of widely distributed mangrove species and are expected to be largest in the Indo West Pacific, the primary hotspot of mangrove diversity.

Nature Climate Change 12, 626-627
News & Views | 02 June 2022

Northern wildlife feels the heat

How the species that form ecological communities respond to climate change will affect the future resilience of ecosystems, and their capacity to support humankind. The responses of animals and plants to four decades of warming demonstrate the sensitivity of high-latitude ecosystems to increasing temperatures.
- Robert J. Wilson
Nature Climate Change 12, 506-507
News & Views | 04 April 2022

A colourful tropical world

A large dataset quantifying variation in bird colourfulness lends support to a long-hypothesized latitudinal diversity gradient in animal colouration.
- José Alexandre Felizola Diniz-Filho
Nature Ecology & Evolution 6, 502-503
News & Views | 01 April 2022

Life, death and cyanobacterial biogeography

A multiyear study links viral activity in the surface ocean with the habitat range of the cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus.
- David Talmy
Nature Microbiology 7, 480-481

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Biogeography articles from across Nature Portfolio

Latest Research and Reviews

Spaceborne LiDAR reveals the effectiveness of European Protected Areas in conserving forest height and vertical structure

A database of freshwater macroinvertebrate occurrence records across Cuba

Aqueous habitats and carbon inputs shape the microscale geography and interaction ranges of soil bacteria

Genetic footprints of a rapid and large-scale range expansion: the case of cyclic common vole in Spain

A new, rare, small-ranged, and endangered mountain snake of the genus Elaphe from the Southern Levant

The broad scale impact of climate change on planning aerial wildlife surveys with drone-based thermal cameras

News and Comment

Open-source software for geospatial analysis

Pollinators and the habitat fragmentation puzzle

Mangrove forests are facing challenges from global seawater density changes

Northern wildlife feels the heat

A colourful tropical world

Life, death and cyanobacterial biogeography

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