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Cover | Phylogenetic evidence for Jatropha benghalensis
Phylogenetic analysis reclassifies a geophytic Jatropha species as J. benghalensis, clarifying its distinction from closely related taxa.
Cover | EcoCleanR: enhancing biogeographic data quality
This month’s cover illustration by Priyanka Soni features the EcoCleanR workflow, showing transformation of raw biodiversity data into refined geographic and environmental representations of species distributions.
Cover | From flames to patterns: What fuels the fire in savannas
A study of Brazilian savannas shows that fuel traits—especially grass biomass—strongly shape fire behavior. Photo by Vinicius de Lima Dantas.
Cover | How complex are parrot duets? Evidence for large repertoires and syntactic structure in a wild species
Our latest cover depicts a yellow-naped amazon, photographed by JD Gilardi, World Parrot Trust.
Cover | Taxonomic investigation of Abrothallus
Phylogenetic analyses reveal new Abrothallus species specialized on Ramalina lichens, highlighting hidden diversity and host specificity.
Cover | First robust population assessment of snow leopards in Pakistan
This month’s cover photo by Muhammad Osama depicts Lovely, an orphan snow leopard cub rescued in 2013, who thrives under rehabilitation in Naltar Valley of northern Pakistan.
Cover | What Drives Diversity in Fig Wasp Communities
A study of fig wasps by shows that communities linked to Neotropical fig trees change dramatically across space, with high species turnover. Photo by Jean-Yves Rasplus.
Cover | How does grassland fragmentation affect secretarybirds?
Habitat fragmentation and drought represent a growing threat to many bird species, particularly within grassy biomes, which are especially sensitive to global change.
Cover | The world's oldest man-made biological experiment
This month’s cover features a group of ancient megalithic jars at the Plain of Jars in Laos, photographed by Khamla Inkhavilay.
Cover | Pollen limitation in Veratrum grandiflorum
Pollen limitation in Veratrum grandiflorum differed significantly among flower, raceme, and whole plant level.
Cover | The Polar Bear Provision: Architects of an Arctic Food Web
A new study highlights polar bears as key providers of food in the Arctic, showing that the carrion from their seal kills fuels a network of scavengers. Photo by Wayne Lynch.
*Cover | Rainfall increases conformity and strength of species–area relationships
Atolls like Teti’aroa, French Polynesia, can offer unique windows into the limits and boundary conditions of biogeographic properties, which inherently cannot be examined through the study of larger islands.
Cover | Floral polymorphism in Sedum diversiflorum sp. nov.
The new species Sedum diversiflorum sp. nov. has a unique variation in floral merosity.
Cover | How do low-traffic roads affect ground-nesting birds?
Our latest cover depicts a common snipe, photographed by Tómas G. Gunnarsson.
*Cover | Ectomycorrhizal fungi and root water uptake respond independently to water availability
A study of European beech forests reveals that trees can maintain water uptake during drought by drawing from deeper soil layers, but dry conditions reduce the diversity of their root-associated fungi.
*Cover | Direct effects and prey-mediated effects of global change in projections of early life stages of pelagic predators
A striped marlin (Kajikia audax) closes in on a bait ball of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) off the Pacific coast of Baja, Mexico.
Cover | A new species of Conocybe
Conocybe salalahensis is described as a new species based on morphology and phylogeny.
*Cover | Hunter-engaged monitoring of the Eurasian lynx during the reinforcement process
Male Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) in a Dinaric forest (Kočevsko, Slovenia). Photo: Lan Hočevar. Read the full open access paper.
Cover | Protecting forests for mouse lemurs in Madagascar
A study of mouse lemurs in Madagascar shows that protected forests significantly boost survival compared to degraded habitats. Photo by Jacques S. Rakotondranary.
*Cover | The division of food space among mammalian species on biomes
L’Hoest’s monkey (Allochrocebus lhoesti) feeding at Nyungwe Forest National Park (Rwanda). Photo credit: Rafael Barrientos. Read the full open access paper.