L. F. Esser

Protected areas network is not adequate to protect a critically endangered East Africa Chelonian: Modelling distribution of pancake tortoise, Malacochersus tornieri under current and future climates

This study models the current and future distribution of pancake tortoises under climate change, finding that suitable habitats will expand and largely lie outside protected areas.

Beyond endemism, expanding conservation efforts: a relictual Pleistocene distribution and first report of the prickly pear cactus, Opuntia bonaerensis, in Brazil and Uruguay

The paper reports new records of Opuntia bonaerensis in Brazil and Uruguay, confirms their identity through molecular and morphological analysis, and uses ecological niche models to suggest relictual Pleistocene populations and future conservation implications.