Scientific publications

Schwantes, A.M., Firkowski, C.R., Affinito, F., Rodriguez, P.S., Fortin, M.-J. and Gonzalez, A. (2024), Monitoring ecosystem services with essential ecosystem service variables. Front Ecol Environ e2792. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2792

Brian Leung, Andrew Gonzalez, Global monitoring for biodiversity: Uncertainty, risk, and power analyses to support trend change detection. Sci. Adv.10, eadj1448 (2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adj1448

Poursanidis, D., Mylonakis, K., Christofilakos, S., & Barnias, A. (2023). Mind the gap in data poor Natura 2000 sites and how to tackle them using Earth Observation and scientific diving surveys. Marine Pollution Bulletin. doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114595

Torresani, M., Rocchini, D., Alberti, A., Moudrý, V., Heym, M., Thouverai, E., et al. (2023). LiDAR GEDI derived tree canopy height heterogeneity reveals patterns of biodiversity in forest ecosystems. Ecological Informatics. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2023.102082

Bovo, R. P., Simon, M. N., Provete, D. B., Lyra, M., Navas, C. A., & Andrade, D. V. (2023). Beyond Janzen’s Hypothesis: How Amphibians that Climb Tropical Mountains Respond to Climate Variation. Integrative Organismal Biology. doi.org/10.1093/iob/obad009

Monchamp, M. E., Taranu, Z. E., Garner, R. E., Rehill, T., Morissette, O., Iversen, L. L., et al. (2023). Prioritizing taxa for genetic reference database development to advance inland water conservation. Biological Conservation. doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.109963

Manes, S., Gama-Maia, D., Vaz, S., Pires, A. P., Tardin, R. H., Maricato, G., et al. (2023). Nature as a solution for shoreline protection against coastal risks associated with ongoing sea-level rise.Ocean & Coastal Management. doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106487

Hughes, A.C. (2023) The Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: how did we get here, and where do we go next? Integrative Conservation. doi.org/10.1002/inc3.16 

Hoban, S., Bruford, M.W., da Silva, J.M., Funk, W.C., Frankham, R., Gill, M.J., et al. (2023). Genetic diversity goals and targets have improved, but remain insufficient for clear implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Conservation Genetics doi.org/10.1007/s10592-022-01492-0 

Obura, D., Agrawal, A., DeClerck, F., Donaldson, J., Dziba, L., Emery, M.R., et al. (2023). Prioritizing sustainable use in the Kunming-Montreal global biodiversity framework. PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, 2, e0000041. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pstr.0000041 

Archer, E., Obura, D., Leadley, P., Arneth, A., Smith, P. & Mori, A.S. (2022). Establishing a climate target within the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework. PLOS Climate, 1, e0000106. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000106 

Langer, C., Fernández, N., Quoß, L., Valdez, J., Fernandez, M., & Pereira, H. (2022). Cataloging essential biodiversity variables with the EBV data portal. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards. doi.org/10.3897/biss.6.93593 

Leadley, P., Archer, E., Bendandi, B., Cavender-Bares, J., Davalos, L., DeClerck, F., et al. (2022a). Setting ambitious international restoration objectives for terrestrial ecosystems for 2030 and beyond. PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, 1, e0000039. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pstr.0000039

Leadley, P., Obura, D., Archer, E., Costello, M.J., Dávalos, L.M., Essl, F., et al. (2022b). Actions needed to achieve ambitious objectives of net gains in natural ecosystem area by 2030 and beyond. PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, 1, e0000040. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pstr.0000040 

Quoß, L., Fernández, N., Langer, C., Valdez, J., Fernández, M. A., & Pereira, H. (2022). Building essential biodiversity variable netCDFs with the ebvcube R package. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards. doi.org/10.3897/biss.6.91215 

Stoddart, J., de Almeida, D.R.A., Silva, C.A., Görgens, E.B., Keller, M.; Valbuena, R. (2022). A conceptual model for detecting small-scale forest disturbances based on ecosystem morphological traits. Remote Sensing, 14, 933. doi.org/10.3390/rs14040933 

Jetz, W., McGowan, J., Rinnan, D.S., Possingham., P.S., Visconti, P., O’Donnell, B., et al. (2022). Include biodiversity representation indicators in area-based conservation targets. Nature Ecology Evolution 6,1. doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01620-y  

Pagad, S., Bisset, S., Genovesi, P., Groom, Q., Hirsch, T., Jetz, W., et al. (2022). Country Compendium of the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 9, 391. doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01514-z  

Simmons, E.S., Benson, A., Biddle, M., Canonico, G., Chory, M., Desai, K., et al. (2022). Interagency Ocean Observation Committee (IOOC) Biology: Integrating core to essential variables (Bio-ICE) task team report for marine mammals. OpenAIRE. doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7335533 

Kershaw, F., Bruford, M.W., Funk, C., Grueber, C.E., Hoban, S., Hunter, M.E., et al. (2022). The Coalition for Conservation Genetics: Working across organizations to build capacity and achieve change in policy and practice. Conservation Science and Practice, 4, e12635. doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12635 

O’Brien, D., Laikre, L., Hoban, S., Bruford, M. W., Ekblom, R., Fischer, M. C., et al. (2022). Bringing together approaches to reporting on within species genetic diversity. Journal of Applied Ecology, 59, 2227– 2233. doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14225 

Gonzalez, A. & Londoño, M.C. (2022). Monitor biodiversity for action. Science, 378, 1147–1147. doi.org/10.1126/science.adg1506

Vicente, J. R., Vaz, A. S.,Roige, M., Winter, M., Lenzner, B., Clarke, D. A., &McGeoch, M. A. (2022). Existing indicators do not adequately monitor progress toward meeting invasive alien species targets. Conservation Letters, e12918. doi.org/10.1111/conl.12918

Hoban, S., Archer, F. I., Bertola, L. D., Bragg, J. G., Breed, M. F., Bruford, M. W., … & Hunter, M. E. (2022). Global genetic diversity status and trends: towards a suite of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) for genetic composition. Biological Reviews. doi.org/10.1111/brv.12852

Leadley, P., Gonzalez, A., Obura, D., et al. (2022) Achieving global biodiversity goals by 2050 requires urgent and integrated actions. One Earth 5: 597-603 doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.05.009

Balvanera P., Brauman K.A., Cord A.F., Drakou E.G., Ilse R Geijzendorffer, Daniel S Karp, Berta Martín-López, Tuyeni H Mwampamba, Matthias Schröter. (2022). Essential ecosystem service variables for monitoring progress towards sustainability. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 54.
doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2022.101152

Benson, A., Murray, T., Canonico, G., Montes, E., Muller-Karger, F., & Kavanaugh, M. et al. (2021). Data management and interactive visualizations for the evolving Marine Biodiversity Observation Network. Oceanography, 34(2). doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.220 

Bonney, R. (2021). Expanding the impact of citizen science. BioScience, 71(5), 448-451. doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab041 

Bravo, G., Moity, N., Londoño-Cruz, E., Muller-Karger, F., Bigatti, G., & Klein, E. et al. (2021). Robots versus humans: Automated annotation accurately quantifies Essential Ocean Variables of rocky intertidal functional groups and habitat state. Frontiers In Marine Science, 8. doi.org/ 10.3389/fmars.2021.691313 

Cawse-Nicholson, K., Townsend, P., Schimel, D., Assiri, A., Blake, P., & Buongiorno, M. et al. (2021). NASA’s surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms. Remote Sensing of Environment, 257, 112349. doi.org/ 10.1016/j.rse.2021.112349 

Chavez, F., Miller, R., Muller-Karger, F., Iken, K., Canonico, G., & Egan, K. et al. (2021). Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON): An observing system for life in the sea. Oceanography, 34(2), 12-15. doi.org/ 10.5670/oceanog.2021.211 

Chavez, F., Min, M., Pitz, K., Truelove, N., Baker, J., & LaScala-Grunewald, D. et al. (2021). Observing life in the sea using environmental DNA. Oceanography, 34(2), 102-119. doi.org/ 10.5670/oceanog.2021.218 

Culp, J., Goedkoop, W., Christensen, T., Christoffersen, K., Fefilova, E., & Liljaniemi, P. et al. (2021). Arctic freshwater biodiversity: Establishing baselines, trends, and drivers of ecological change. Freshwater Biology. doi.org/ 10.1111/fwb.13831 

Danielsen, F., Enghoff, M., Poulsen, M.K., Funder, M., Jensen, P.M., & Burgess, N. D. (2021). The concept, practice, application, and results of locally based monitoring of the environment. BioScience, 71(5), 484-502. doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab021.

 DeWoody, J.A., Harder H., Mathur, S. & Willoughby, J. (2021). The long-standing significance of genetic diversity in conservation. Molecular Ecology 30(17), 4147–4154. doi.org/10.1111/mec.16051 

Eicken, H., Danielsen, F., Sam, J.M., Fidel, M., Johnson, N., Poulsen, M.K. & Enghoff, M. (2021). Connecting top-down and bottom-up approaches in environmental observing. BioScience, 71(5), 467-483. doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab018. 

Estes, M., Anderson, C., Appeltans, W., Bax, N., Bednaršek, N., & Canonico, G. et al. (2021). Enhanced monitoring of life in the sea is a critical component of conservation management and sustainable economic growth. Marine Policy, 132, 104699. doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104699 

Guerra, C.A., Bardgett, R.D., Caon, L., Crowther, T.W., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Montanarella, L., Navarro, L.M., Orgiazzi. et al. (2021). Tracking, targeting, and conserving soil biodiversity. Science, 371(6526), 239–241. doi.org/10.1126/science.abd7926 

Guerra, C.A.., Wall, D., & Eisenhauer, N. (2021). Unearthing soil ecological observations: see supporting information as supplementary material. Soil Organisms, 93(2), 79–81. doi.org/10.25674/so93iss2id164 

Hoban, S., Bruford, M., Funk, W., Galbusera, P., Griffith, M., & Grueber, C. et al. (2021). Global commitments to conserving and monitoring genetic diversity are now necessary and feasible. BioScience, 71(9), 964-976. doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab054 

Hoban, S., Campbell, C., da Silva, J., Ekblom, R., Funk, W., & Garner, B. et al. (2021). Genetic diversity is considered important but interpreted narrowly in country reports to the Convention on Biological Diversity: Current actions and indicators are insufficient. Biological Conservation, 261, 109233. doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109233 

Jetz, W., McGowan, J., Rinnan, D.S., Possingham, H.P., Visconti, P., O’Donnell, B., Londoño-Murcia, M.C. (2021). Include biodiversity representation indicators in area-based conservation targets. Nature Ecology and Evolution. doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01620-y

Johnson, N., Druckenmiller, M.L., Danielsen, F., & Pulsifer, P.L. (2021). The use of digital platforms for community-based monitoring. BioScience, 71(5), 452-466. doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa162 

Kavanaugh, M., Bell, T., Catlett, D., Cimino, M., Doney, S., & Klajbor, W. et al. (2021). Satellite remote sensing and the Marine Biodiversity Observation Network: current science and future steps. Oceanography, 34(2). doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.215 

Laikre, L., Hohenlohe, P., Allendorf, F., Bertola, L., Breed, M., & Bruford, M. et al. (2021). Authors’ reply to letter to the editor: Continued improvement to genetic diversity indicator for CBD. Conservation Genetics, 22(4), 533-536. 
doi.org/10.1007/s10592-021-01359-w 

Lento, J., Culp, J., Levenstein, B., Aroviita, J., Baturina, M., & Bogan, D. et al. (2021). Temperature and spatial connectivity drive patterns in freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity across the Arctic. Freshwater Biology doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13805 

Mathur, S., DeWoody, J.A. (2021). Genetic load has potential in large populations but is realized in small inbred populations.  Evolutionary Applications 14(6),1540-1557. doi.org/10.1111/eva.13216 

Medina, M., Estes, C., Best, B., Stallings, C., Montes, E., McEachron, L., & Muller-Karger, F. (2021). Reef-fish abundance, biomass, and biodiversity inside and outside no-take marine zones in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary: 1999–2018. Oceanography, 34(2). doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.214 

Minter, M., Nielsen, E., Blyth, C., Bertola, L., Kantar, M., & Morales, H. et al. (2021). What is genetic diversity and why does it matter?. Frontiers For Young Minds, 9. doi.org/10.3389/frym.2021.656168 

Montes, E., Lefcheck, J., Guerra Castro, E., Klein, E., de Azevedo Mazzuco, A.C., Bigatti, G., Cordeiro, C., Simoes, N., Macaya, E., Moity, N., Londoño-Cruz, E., Helmuth, B., Choi, F., Soto, E., Miloslavich, P., & Muller-Karger, F. (2021). Optimizing large-scale biodiversity sampling effort: toward an unbalanced survey design. Oceanography, 34(2), 80-91. doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.216 

Noriega, J.A., March-Salas, M., Castillo, S., García-Q, H., Hortal, J. & Santos, A.M.C. (2021). Human perturbations reduce dung beetle diversity and dung removal ecosystem function. Biotropica 53(3), 753-766. doi.org/10.1111/btp.12953 

Paz‐Vinas, I., Jensen, E., Bertola, L., Breed, M., Hand, B., & Hunter, M. et al. (2021). Macrogenetic studies must not ignore limitations of genetic markers and scale. Ecology Letters, 24(6), 1282-1284. doi.org/10.1111/ele.13732 

Pearlman, J., Buttigieg, P.L., Bushnell, M., Delgado, C., Hermes, J., Heslop, E., Hörstmann, C., Isensee, K., Karstensen, et al.  (2021). Evolving and sustaining ocean best practices to enable interoperability in the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.619685 

Ruhl, H., Brown, J., Harper, A., Hazen, E., deWitt, L., Daniel, P., DeVogelaere, A., Kudela, R., Ryan, J., Fischer, A., Muller-Karger, F., & Chavez, F. (2021). Integrating biodiversity and environmental observations in support of national marine sanctuary and large marine ecosystem assessments. Oceanography, 34(2), 142 – 155. doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.221 

Satterthwaite, E.V., Bax, N. J., Miloslavich, P., Ratnarajah, L., Canonico, G., Dunn, D., Simmons, S.E. et al (2021). Establishing the foundation for the Global Observing System for Marine Life. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.737416 

Sayre, R., Butler, K., Van Graafeiland, K., Breyer, S., Wright, D., Frye, C., Karagulle, et al. (2021). A global ecological classification of coastal segment units to complement Marine Biodiversity Observation Network assessments. Oceanography, 34(2), 120 – 129. doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2021.219 

Schartau, A., Mariash, H., Christoffersen, K., Bogan, D., Dubovskaya, O., & Fefilova, E. et al. (2021). First circumpolar assessment of Arctic freshwater phytoplankton and zooplankton diversity: Spatial patterns and environmental factors. Freshwater Biology. doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13783 

Schmeller, D.S., Bridgewater, P. (2021). The eighth plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES-8): online, nexus, and transformative change. Biodiversity and Conservation 30, 2857–2862. doi.org/10.1007/s10531-021-02261-0

Sharma, S.B., Thivakaran, G.A., Thakkar, M.G. (2021). The game changing role of traditional ecological knowledge based Agri amendment systems in nutrient dynamics in the stress prone semi-arid tropics. Scientific Reports 11 (1), 1-10. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88801-8 

Skidmore, A.K., Coops, N. C., Neinavaz, E., Ali, A., Schaepman, M.E., Paganini, M., Kissling, W.D., Vihervaara, P., Darvishzadeh, R., Feilhauer, et al (2021). Priority list of biodiversity metrics to observe from space. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 5(7), 896–906). doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01451-x 

Svenning, M., Falkegård, M., Dempson, J., Power, M., Bårdsen, B., Guðbergsson, G., & Fauchald, P. (2021). Temporal changes in the relative abundance of anadromous Arctic charr, brown trout, and Atlantic salmon in northern Europe: Do they reflect changing climates?. Freshwater Biology. doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13693 

Takeuchi, Y., Muraoka, H., Yamakita, T., Kano, Y., Nagai, S., & Bunthang, T. et al. (2021). The Asia‐Pacific Biodiversity Observation Network: 10‐year achievements and new strategies to 2030. Ecological Research, 36(2), 232-257. doi.org/10.1111/1440-1703.12212 

Tengö, M., Austin, B. J., Danielsen, F., & Fernández-Llamazares, Á. (2021). Creating synergies between citizen science and Indigenous and local knowledge. BioScience, 71(5), 503-518. doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biab023

Thornton, J.M., Palazzi, E., Pepin, N.C., Cristofanelli, P., Essery, R., Kotlarski, S., Giuliani, G., Guigoz, Y., Kulonen, A., Li, X., Pritchard, D., Fowler, H.J., Randin, C.F., Shahgedanova, M., Zebisch, M. and Adler. (2021) Towards a definition of Essential Mountain Climate Variables. One Earth. 4(6), 805-827.
doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2021.05.005 

Toczydlowski, R.H., Liggins, L., Gaither, M.R., Anderson, T.J., Barton, R.L. et al. (2021). Poor data stewardship will hinder global genetic diversity surveillance. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118 (34), e2107934118. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2107934118 

Vaz, A.S., Selomane, O., Jones, L., Gosal, A.S., Ziv, G., Muller-Karger, F. E., Montes, E., & Vallejos, M. (2021). The journey to monitoring ecosystem services: Are we there yet? Ecosystem Services, 50, 101313). doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2021.101313 

Zhong, M., Taylor, R., Bates, N., Christey, D., Basnet, H., & Flippin, J. et al. (2021). Acoustic detection of regionally rare bird species through deep convolutional neural networks. Ecological Informatics, 64, 101333. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2021.101333 

Brittain, J., Heino, J., Friberg, N., Aroviita, J., Kahlert, M., & Karjalainen, S. et al. (2020). Ecological correlates of riverine diatom and macroinvertebrate alpha and beta diversity across Arctic Fennoscandia. Freshwater Biology. doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13616 

Fefilova, E., Dubovskaya, O., Frolova, L., Abramova, E., Kononova, O., & Nigamatzyanova, G. et al. (2020). Biogeographic patterns of planktonic and meiobenthic fauna diversity in inland waters of the Russian Arctic. Freshwater Biology. doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13624 

Gosal, A., & Ziv, G. (2020). Landscape aesthetics: Spatial modelling and mapping using social media images and machine learning. Ecological Indicators, 117, 106638. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106638  

Huser, B., Futter, M., Bogan, D., Brittain, J., Culp, J., & Goedkoop, W. et al. (2020). Spatial and temporal variation in Arctic freshwater chemistry—Reflecting climate‐induced landscape alterations and a changing template for biodiversity. Freshwater Biology. doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13645 

Kahlert, M., Rühland, K., Lavoie, I., Keck, F., Saulnier‐Talbot, E., & Bogan, D. et al. (2020). Biodiversity patterns of Arctic diatom assemblages in lakes and streams: Current reference conditions and historical context for biomonitoring. Freshwater Biology. doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13490 

Knopp, J., Levenstein, B., Watson, A., Ivanova, I., & Lento, J. (2020). Systematic review of documented Indigenous Knowledge of freshwater biodiversity in the circumpolar Arctic. Freshwater Biology. doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13570  

Lau, D., Christoffersen, K., Erkinaro, J., Hayden, B., Heino, J., & Hellsten, S. et al. (2020). Multitrophic biodiversity patterns and environmental descriptors of sub‐Arctic lakes in northern Europe. Freshwater Biology 
doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13405 

Lento, J., Laske, S., Lavoie, I., Bogan, D., Brua, R., & Campeau, S. et al. (2020). Diversity of diatoms, benthic macroinvertebrates, and fish varies in response to different environmental correlates in Arctic rivers across North America. Freshwater Biology. doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13600 

Pacheco-Romero, M., Alcaraz-Segura, D., Vallejos, M., & Cabello, J. (2020). An expert-based reference list of variables for characterizing and monitoring social-ecological systems. Ecology And Society, 25(3). doi.org/10.5751/es-11676-250301 

Schröter, M., Başak, E., Christie, M., Church, A., Keune, H., Osipova, E., Oteros-Rozas, E., Sievers-Glotzbach, et al (2020). Indicators for relational values of nature’s contributions to good quality of life: the IPBES approach for Europe and Central Asia. Ecosystems and People, 16(1), 50–69. doi.org/10.1080/26395916.2019.1703039 

Valbuena R., O’Connor B., Zellweger F., Simonson W., Vihervaara P., Maltamo M., Silva C.A., Almeida D.R.A., Danks F., Morsdorf F., Chirici G., Lucas R., Coomes D.A. & Coops N.C. (2020) Standardising Ecosystem Morphological Traits from 3D Information Sources. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 35 (8): 656-667. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.03.006

Hoban, Sean, Michael Bruford, Josephine D’Urban Jackson, Margarida Lopes-Fernandes, Myriam Heuertz, Paul A. Hohenlohe, Ivan Paz-Vinas, et al. 2020. “Genetic diversity targets and indicators in the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must be improved”. Biological Conservation. 248: 108654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108654

Han X, Gill MJ, Hamilton H, Vergara SG, and Young BE. 2020. “Progress on national biodiversity indicator reporting and prospects for filling indicator gaps in Southeast Asia”. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators. 5: 100017. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2019.100017

Laikre L, Hoban S, Bruford MW, Segelbacher G, Allendorf FW, Gajardo G, et al. 2020. “Post-2020 goals overlook genetic diversity”. Science. 367 (6482): 1083.2-1085. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abb2748

Vaz, A., Gonçalves, J., Pereira, P., Santarém, F., Vicente, J., & Honrado, J. (2019). Earth observation and social media: Evaluating the spatiotemporal contribution of non-native trees to cultural ecosystem services. Remote Sensing of Environment, 230, 111193. doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2019.05.012 

Vallejos, M., Aguiar, S., Baldi, G., Mastrángelo, M., Gallego, F., & Pacheco-Romero, M. et al. (2019). Social-Ecological Functional Types: Connecting People and Ecosystems in the Argentine Chaco. Ecosystems, 23(3), 471-484. doi.org/10.1007/s10021-019-00415-4 

Laske, S., Amundsen, P., Christoffersen, K., Erkinaro, J., Guðbergsson, G., & Hayden, B. et al. (2019). Circumpolar patterns of Arctic freshwater fish biodiversity: A baseline for monitoring. Freshwater Biology.  
doi.org/10.1111/fwb.13405 

Gosal, A., Geijzendorffer, I., Václavík, T., Poulin, B., & Ziv, G. (2019). Using social media, machine learning and natural language processing to map multiple recreational beneficiaries. Ecosystem Services, 38, 100958. doir.org/10.1016/j.ecoser.2019.100958 

Drakou, E., Lemmens, R., & Ayuningshih, F. (2019). Designing an ecosystem services ontology within GEOBON. Biodiversity Information Science and Standards, 3. dor.org/ 10.3897/biss.3.36338 

Rashi B, Gill MJ, Hamilton H, Han X, Linden HM, and Young BE. 2020. “Uneven use of biodiversity indicators in 5th National Reports to the Convention on Biological Diversity”. Environmental Conservation. 47 (1): 15-21. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0376892919000365

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