1. Applications of environmental DNA (eDNA) in ecology and conservation: opportunities, challenges and prospects

   • Kingsly C. Beng
   • Richard T. Corlett

   Review Paper 09 April 2020 Pages: 2089 - 2121

   

2. Assessing the effects of payments for ecosystem services programs on forest structure and species biodiversity

   • Hsiang Ling Chen
   • Rebecca L. Lewison
   • Shuang Yang

   Original Paper Open access 27 February 2020 Pages: 2123 - 2140

   

3. Habitat and host specificity of epiphytic lichens in a rural landscape: cultural heritage habitats as refugia

   • J. Liira
   • A. Suija
   • I. Jüriado

   Original Paper 03 March 2020 Pages: 2141 - 2160

   

4. Identification of crucial stepping stone habitats for biodiversity conservation in northeastern Madagascar using remote sensing and comparative predictive modeling

   • Dominik Schüßler
   • Jasmin Mantilla-Contreras
   • Ute Radespiel

   Original Paper Open access 10 March 2020 Pages: 2161 - 2184

   

5. Phylogenomics reveals conservation challenges and opportunities for cryptic endangered species in a rapidly disappearing desert ecosystem

   • Daniel Rubinoff
   • J. Bradley Reil
   • Julian R. Dupuis

   Original Paper 16 April 2020 Pages: 2185 - 2200

   

6. Construction of deer fences restores the diversity of butterflies and bumblebees as well as flowering plants in semi-natural grassland

   • Naoyuki Nakahama
   • Kei Uchida
   • Takeshi Suka

   Original Paper 08 April 2020 Pages: 2201 - 2215

   

7. Reservoir of the European chestnut diversity in Switzerland

   • S. Pereira-Lorenzo
   • Y. Bischofberger
   • F. Lefort

   Original Paper 06 April 2020 Pages: 2217 - 2234

   

8. Towards the conservation of Borneo’s freshwater mussels: rediscovery of the endemic Ctenodesma borneensis and first record of the non-native Sinanodonta lauta

   • Alexandra Zieritz
   • Hussein Taha
   • Khairul Adha A.Rahim

   Original Paper Open access 13 April 2020 Pages: 2235 - 2253

   

9. Differentiating captive and wild African lion (Panthera leo) populations in South Africa, using stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis

   • Alison Hutchinson
   • David L. Roberts

   Original Paper Open access 16 April 2020 Pages: 2255 - 2273

   

10. Long-term changes in the benthic macroalgal flora of a coastal area affected by urban impacts (Conero Riviera, Mediterranean Sea)

    • Fabio Rindi
    • Brigitte Gavio
    • Tiziana Romagnoli

    Original Paper 07 April 2020 Pages: 2275 - 2295

    

11. Ethnobotany-informed trait ecology: measuring vulnerability of timber provisioning services across forest biomes in Japan

    • Buntarou Kusumoto
    • Takayuki Shiono
    • Yasuhiro Kubota

    Original Paper 03 April 2020 Pages: 2297 - 2310

    

12. Successional trajectory of dung beetle communities in a tropical grassy ecosystem after livestock grazing removal

    • César M. A. Correa
    • Lívia D. Audino
    • Julio Louzada

    Original Paper 06 April 2020 Pages: 2311 - 2328

    

13. Long-term management is needed for conserving plant diversity in a Wadden Sea salt marsh

    • Qingqing Chen
    • Jan P. Bakker
    • Christian Smit

    Original Paper Open access 09 April 2020 Pages: 2329 - 2341

    

14. Environmental determinants of diving beetle assemblages (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) in an urban landscape

    • Wenfei Liao
    • Stephen Venn
    • Jari Niemelä

    Original Paper Open access 09 April 2020 Pages: 2343 - 2359

    

15. Using ancient DNA to quantify losses of genetic and species diversity in seabirds: a case study of Pterodroma petrels from a Pacific island

    • Anicee J. Lombal
    • Alexander T. Salis
    • Christopher P. Burridge

    Original Paper 03 April 2020 Pages: 2361 - 2375

    

16. Using fisheries data to model the oceanic habitats of juvenile silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) in the tropical eastern Atlantic Ocean

    • Jon Lopez
    • Diego Alvarez-Berastegui
    • Hilario Murua

    Original Paper 24 April 2020 Pages: 2377 - 2397

    

17. Understanding small-scale insect diversity patterns inside two nature reserves: the role of local and landscape factors

    • Britta Uhl
    • Mirko Wölfling
    • Konrad Fiedler

    Original Paper 09 April 2020 Pages: 2399 - 2418

    

18. Habitat patch size and isolation drive the near-complete collapse of Amazonian dung beetle assemblages in a 30-year-old forest archipelago

    • Danielle Storck-Tonon
    • Ricardo José da Silva
    • Carlos A. Peres

    Original Paper 18 April 2020 Pages: 2419 - 2438