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The cover image relates to the Research Article https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13902 “Contrasting patterns of spatial genetic structure in endangered southern damselfly (Coenagrion mercuriale) populations facing habitat fragmentation and urbanisation” by Lévêque et al. Southern Damselflies mating in northern France. Photo credit: Agathe Lévêque.
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The cover image relates to Research Article https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13903 “Biogeographic patterns of Pacific white-sided dolphins based on long-term passive acoustic records” by Alksne et al. An adult and calf pair of Pacific white-sided dolphins porpoising off the coast of Southern California. Photo credit, Katherine Whitaker, California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigation (CalCOFI), taken under NMFS permit no. 22835.
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The cover image relates to the Research Article https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13863 “Data coverage, biases, and trends in a global citizen-scienceresource for monitoring avian diversity” by La Sorte et al. The Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis, a common North American bird species.Credit: Jeremy Cohen.
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Historical Bird Atlas and Contemporary Citizen Science Data Reveal Long‐Term Changes in Geographic Range of Kenyan Birds

Raphaël Nussbaumer, Améline Nussbaumer, Samuel Guchu, Richard Stratton Hatfield, Erustus M. Kanga, Gladys Nyakeru Kung'u, Anthony Kuria, Eliot Miller, Paul Kariuki Ndang'ang'a, Peter Njoroge, Darcy Ogada, Sidney Shema, Colin Jackson, 
  •  5 December 2024
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Movement Ecology of a Coastal Foundation Seagrass Species: Insights From Genetic Data and Oceanographic Modelling

Miriam Ruocco, Guglielmo Lacorata, Luigi Palatella, Isabella Provera, Arturo Zenone, Marco Martinez, Emanuela Dattolo, Jessica Pazzaglia, Vincenzo Maximiliano Giacalone, Fabio Badalamenti, Gabriele Procaccini, 
  •  5 December 2024
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Macro‐evolutionary dynamics dominated by dispersal promote the formation of regional biodiversity hotspot‐insights from hawkmoths (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in South China

Ying Wang, Cai-qing Yang, Yu-xuan Zheng, Meng-di Hao, Chao-dong Zhu, Michael C. Orr, Ai-bing Zhang, 
  •  4 December 2024
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A Synthesis of Threats Impacting Australian Threatened Ecological Communities

Javiera P. Olivares-Rojas, Carly N. Cook, David H. Duncan, Jessica C. Walsh, 
  •  4 December 2024
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The cover image relates to the Research Article https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13912 “A race against extinction: The challenge to overcome the Linnean amphibian shortfall in tropical biodiversity hotspots” by Carné et al. A Malagasy treefrog from the genus Boophis (B. aff. madagascariensis) recorded in Marojejy National Park, Northern Madagascar. Image Credit: Albert Carné.

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Evaluation of consensus methods in predictive species distribution modelling

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