• Elevational gradients of reptile richness in the southern Western Ghats of India: evaluating spatial and bioclimatic drivers 

  Jins, V.J.; Panigrahi, M.; Jayapal, R.; Bishop, T.R. (2021)

  Exploring elevational patterns in species richness and their underlying mechanisms is a major goal in biogeography and community ecology. Reptiles can be powerful model organisms to examine biogeographical patterns. In ...

• Shrinking into the big city: influence of genetic and environmental factors on urban dragon lizard morphology and performance capacity 

  Baxter-Gilbert, J.; Riley, J.L.; Frere, C.H.; Whiting, M.J. (2021)

  Urban wildlife faces a novel set of challenges resulting in selective pressure that can lead to population-level changes. We studied Australian water dragons (Intellagama lesueurii) from urban and natural populations to ...

• Status of the largest extant population of the critically endangered Aeolian lizard Podarcis raffonei (Capo Grosso, Vulcano island) 

  Ficetola, G.F.; Silva-Rocha, I.; Carretero, M.A.; Vignoli, L.; Sacchi, R.; Melotto, A.; Scali, S.; Salvi, D. (2021)

  The Aeolian wall lizard Podarcis raffonei is an island endemic that survives only on three tiny islets, and on the Capo Grosso peninsula of the Vulcano island, thus is among the European vertebrates with the smallest range ...

• Genetic diversity, conservation and cultivation of grain legumes 

  Mangena, P.; Peta, S.T.P.; Mukatuni, A. (2021)

• Non-Indigenous Crayfish Species: A Global Assessment and Future Perspectives 

  Loureiro, T.G. (Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2020)

  See chapters 1 and 4 for CIB accredited author, TG Loureiro

• Ichthyofauna of the Mata de Itamacaoca, an urban protected area from the upper Munim River basin, Northern Brazilian Cerrado 

  da Silva Oliveira, E.; Silva de Brito, P.; de Oliveira Vieira, L.; de Oliveira, R.F.; Campos, D.S.; Katz, A.M.; South, J.; Silva Nunes, J.L.; Ottoni, F.P. (2020)

  The Munim River basin is one of the main river drainages of the Hydrological unit Maranhão, but there are few published studies which focus on ichthyological surveys and taxonomic work within this basin. The present study ...

• Clear language for ecosystem management in the Anthropocene: a reply to Bridgewater and Hemming 

  Heger, T.; Bernard-Verdier, M.; Gessler, A.; Greenwood, A.D.; Grossart, H.P.; Hilker, M.; Keinath, S.; Kowarik, I.; Marquard, E.; Muller, J.; Niemeier, S.; Onandia, G.; Petermann, J.S.; Rillig, M.C.; Rodel, M.O.; Saul, W.C.; Schittko, C.; Tockner, K.; Joshi, J.; Jeschke, J.M. (2020)

• Occurrence record of and possible invasion by scarlet sage (Salvia coccinea Buc’hoz ex Etl.) in South Africa 

  Moshobane, M.C.; Nelufule, T.; Shivambu, T.C.; Shivambu, N. (2020)

  The scarlet sage, Salvia coccinea, was first detected in Northern Province, South Africa in 1905, in what is now Limpopo Province. However, its presence and suitability in South Africa remains undocumented. We conducted ...

• Manual sampling and video observations: an integrated approach to studying flower-visiting arthropods in high-mountain environments 

  Bonelli, M.; Melotto, A.; Minici, A.; Eustacchio, E.; Gianfranceschi, L.; Gobbi, M.; Casartelli, M.; Caccianiga, M. (2020)

  Despite the rising interest in biotic interactions in mountain ecosystems, little is known about high-altitude flower-visiting arthropods. In particular, since the research in these environment can be limited or undermined ...

• International scientists formulate a roadmap for insect conservation and recovery 

  Harvey, J.A.; Heinen, R.; Armbrecht, I.; Basset, Y.; Baxter-Gilbert, J.H.; Bezemer, T.M.; Böhm, M.; Bommarco, R.; Borges, P.A.V.; Cardoso, P.; Clausnitzer, V.; Cornelisse, T.; Crone, E.E.; Dicke, M.; Dijkstra, K.-D.B.; Dyer, L.; Ellers, J.; Fartmann, T.; Forister, M.L.; Furlong, M.J.; Garcia-Aguayo, A.; Gerlach, J.; Gols, R.; Goulson, D.; Habel, J.-C.; Haddad, N.M.; Hallmann, C.A.; Henriques, S.; Herberstein, M.E.; Hochkirch, A.; Hughes, A.C.; Jepsen, S.; Jones, T.H.; Kaydan, B.M.; Kleijn, D.; Klein, A.-M.; Latty, T.; Leather, S.R.; Lewis, S.M.; Lister, B.C.; Losey, J.E.; Lowe, E.C.; Macadam, C.R.; Montoya-Lerma, J.; Nagano, C.D.; Ogan, S.; Orr, M.C.; Painting, C.J.; Pham, T.-H.; Potts, S.G.; Rauf, A.; Roslin, T.L.; Samways, M.J.; Sanchez-Bayo, F.; Sar, S.A.; Schultz, C.B.; Soares, A.O.; Thancharoen, A.; Tscharntke, T.; Tylianakis, J.M.; Umbers, K.D.L.; Vet, L.E.M.; Visser, M.E.; Vujic, A.; Wagner, D.L.; Wallis de Vries, M.F.; Westphal, C.; White, T.E.; Wilkins, V.L.; Williams, P.H.; Wyckhuys, K.A.G.; Zhu, Z.-R.; de Kroon, H. (2020)

• We object to bad science: poor research practices should be discouraged! 

  Mothapo, P.N.; Phiri, E.E.; Maduna, T.L.; Malgas, R.; Richards, R.; Sylvester, T.T.; Nsikani, M.; Boonzaaier-Davids, M.K.; Moshobane, M.C. (2020)

• Origin of climatic data can determine the transferability of species distribution models 

  Datta, A.; Schweiger, O.; Kühn, I. (2020)

  Methodological research on species distribution modelling (SDM) has so far largely focused on the choice of appropriate modelling algorithms and variable selection approaches, but the consequences of choosing amongst ...

• Plant biodiversity in the face of global change 

  Le Roux, J.J.; Leishman, M.R.; Cinantya, A.P.; Gufu, G.D.; Hirsch, H.; Keet, J.H.; Manea, A.; Saul, W.C.; Tabassum, S.; Warrington, S.; Yannelli, F.A.; Ossola, A. (2020)

• Road avoidance and its energetic consequences for reptiles 

  Paterson, J.E.; Baxter-Gilbert, J.; Beaudry, F.; Carstairs, S.; Chow-Fraser, P.; Edge, C.B.; Lentini, A.M.; Litzgus, J.D.; Markle, C.E.; McKeown, K.; Moore, J.A.; Refsnider, J.M.; Riley, J.L.; Rouse, J.D.; Seburn, D.C.; Zimmerling, J.R.; Davy, C.M. (2019)

  Roads are one of the most widespread human-caused habitat modifications that can increase wildlife mortality rates and alter behavior. Roads can act as barriers with variable permeability to movement and can increase ...

• Identifying knowledge gaps in the research and management of invasive species in India 

  Mungi, N.A.; Kaushik, M.; Mohanty, N.P.; Rastogi, R.; Johnson, J.A.; Qureshi, Q. (2019)

  India, a megadiverse tropical country is grappling with the issue of biological invasions. As a signatory to the Convention on Biological Diversity, India is committed for managing its major biological invasions by 2020. ...

• Fine-scale invasion genetics of the quarantine pest, Anoplophora glabripennis, reconstructed in single outbreaks 

  Tsykun, T.; Javal, M.; Hölling, D.; Roux, G.; Prospero, S. (2019)

  The xylophagous cerambycid Anoplophora glabripennis, the Asian long-horned beetle (ALB), is highly polyphagous and can colonize a wide range of broadleaved host trees causing significant economic damage. For this reason, ...

• Leopard tortoise (Stigmochelys pardalis) road mortality and extralimital occurrence in Western Cape, South Africa 

  Baxter-Gilbert, J.; Riley, J.L. (2019)

  During field surveys in the Spring of 2018 we made two observations of Leopard Tortoises (Stigmochelys pardalis) on roadsides near Lambert's Bay, WC, South Africa. One was a deceased adult female, killed as a result of a ...

• Using network theory to understand and predict biological invasions 

  Frost, C.M.; Allen, W.J.; Courchamp, F.; Jeschke, J.M.; Saul, W.C.; Wardle, D.A. (2019)

  Understanding and predicting biological invasions is challenging because of the complexity of many interacting players. A holistic approach is needed with the potential to simultaneously consider all relevant effects and ...

• Secondary invasion after clearing invasive Acacia saligna in the South African fynbos 

  Nsikani, M.M.; Gaertner, M.; Kritzinger-Klopper, S.; Ngubane, N.P.; Esler, K.J. (Eslervier, 2019)

  It is often assumed that clearing invasive alien species will lead to the dissipation of their negative impacts and recovery of native plant diversity. However, this is often not the case because clearing of primary invasive ...

• No survival of native larval frogs in the presence of invasive Indian bullfrog Hoplobatrachus tigerinus tadpoles 

  Mohanty, N.P.; Measey, J. (Springer, 2019)

  Invasive amphibians have considerable negative impacts on recipient ecosystems, however, impact has been assessed for only a few species, limiting risk assessments. In particular, the impact of invasive anurans with ...

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