Space is one of the main drivers of biodiversity, as it regulates the underlying processes affecting the distribution and dynamics of species and communities. It is a fundamental factor when considering the rapid climate and land cover changes occurring at local and global scales, which are linked to habitat loss and fragmentation, as well as their impacts on biodiversity. The Atlantic Forest of South America is among the worl...

In this study, we use Broad Ion Beam polishing and Scanning Electron Microscopy (BIB-SEM) to characterize the microstructure of selected core samples of immature Upper Cretaceous carbonate-rich oil shales from Jordan and to link the observations to porosity and compositional and geochemical data. The aim of this study is to understand the distribution of pore space, primary organic matter, and organic sulfur on a sub-micron sc...

Aim There is little consensus on which environmental variables are best at predicting multiple dimensions of diversity. We ask whether there are common environmental correlates of diversity, despite ecological differences, across nine clades of plants and animals distributed along a single rainforest domain. For that, we compare the environmental correlates of species richness, phylogenetic diversity, and phylogenetic endemism...